 The Hotel Nacional was designed by the New York architecture firm of McKim, Mead and White, financed by the National City Bank of New York, and constructed in fourteen months by the U.S. engineering firm of Purdy and Henderson.The structure contains a mix of styles, including Sevillian, Roman, Moorish and Art Deco.The Palladian style entrance portico has two stylized column capitals and quoins of coral stone.