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Historic
Hotels and Inns of Texas |
Hotels
listed in alphabetical order Alcalde
Hotel, Gonzales, Texas Antlers
Hotel, Diboll, Texas by Bob Bowman
"The afternoon
the building burned, hundreds of Dibollians stood watching the fire, tears streaming
down their faces. Older Dibollians still recall “the day the town cried.”
Aumont Hotel, Seguin, Texas
Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells c. 1929 by Johnny StuccoBlacktone
Hotel, razed. Tyler, TexasBlazilmar,
Taylor, TexasBluebonnet
Hotel, Sweetwater, Texas by Mike Cox
Now surrounded by so many 200-foot
tall wind turbines that it has become the wind power capital of the nation, Sweetwater
used to have a more traditional skyscraper – the seven-story Bluebonnet Hotel...
Doering
Hotel, Temple, Texas
aka The Hotel Hawn by Johnny StuccoFormer
El Capitan Hotel in Van Horn, 1929Fanthorp
Inn - A Frontier Hotel by Bob Bowman
"During
the early days of the Republic of Texas, stagecoaches rumbled across East Texas,
carrying passengers from one distant community to another... Some roadside homeowners
saw the need and opened their homes to the passengers. As a result, many pioneer
homes evolved into some of East Texas' best known stagecoach inns." Fink's
Hotel - All were welcome at Fink's Hotel in Hallettsville by Murray Montgomery
It
has been said that Mr. and Mrs. A. Finkelstein always had a room in their hotel
and a home-cooked meal for any who appeared at the door. From the richest dignitary
to poorest hobo, the Finkelsteins made room for all – even those with no money
to pay... Gibraltar
Hotel Text and photos by Robin Jett
"The Gibraltar Hotel was once
Paris’ shining glory...."
Gholson
Hotel, Ranger, Texas
Excerpted from the book Wood
Derricks, Iron Men and Gold Women by Don ChampionHarlan
Hotel in Rankin by Mike Cox
Like a battered medieval castle, the empty
red brick building stood for years on the hill overlooking the West Texas oil
town of Rankin in Upton County... The building was the old Harlan Hotel, opened
for business at the height of the oil boom as a competitor of the Yates Hotel...Alpine’s
Holland Hotel by Mike Cox 8-18-11
Brewster
County rancher John Holland built the hotel in 1912 just across from the town’s
railroad depot. Though Alpine had neither dikes nor tulips, in pondering what
to name his new inn, Holland saw Holland Hotel as imminently suitable. Hot
Wells Hotel, San Antonio,Texas by Mike Cox
What the caretaker is guarding
are the ruins of the old Hot Wells Hotel, a place that early in the 20th century
was one of the Alamo City's prime resort spots.
Kyle Hotel in Temple TodayLa
Posada Hotel, Laredo, Texas by Mike Cox
"... In addition to the old
high school, the hotel incorporates another structure that had been a convent..."Lamar
Hotel, Houston, Texas
The
8-F Crowd by Bob Bowman
"... Often referred
to as the "unofficial capital of Texas," Suite 8-F ... was the meeting place for
Houston's business leaders from the late 1930s to the 1960s...."
Texarkana's
McCartney Hotel
Photos and Notes by Jimmy RamseyHotel
McCartney - A Look Inside Texarkana's Ten-Story Ghost
Photos by Ken Rudine and Officer Grant Gildon
Murchison Hotel by Bob Bowman
Orient
Hotel, Pecos, Texas
Now West of the Pecos MuseumPlaza
Hotel, Seguin, Texas Powell
Hotel, Newton, Texas
Prairie Ladies Inn, Crosbyton, Texas
Texas historic landmark. Originally
the Crosbyton Inn (1908), the area's first hotel.Redlands
Hotel, Palestine, TexasSettles
Hotel, Big SpringSouthern
Hotel, New Birmingham, Texas (From "First Iron
Smelting Attempt In Texas Ended In Ashes" by W. T. Block) Stagecoach
Inn, Hochheim, TexasLittle
Tee Pee(s) on the Prairie by Johnny Stucco
Photos courtesty Ken Rudine
& Blue Dolphin Investments LPTexas
Tourist Camp and Petrified Wood Gas Station, Decatur, Texas. by Robin Jett
Tarpon
Inn, Port Aransas 3-21-11Old
Turner Hotel Uncovered by Hallettsville Fire by Murray MontgomeryThe
White Wing Hotel by Mike Cox 9-1-11
Born
with great expectations in the optimistic post-World War II days, death came 63
years later amid gangs and drug dealers. Only this was a brick and mortar Baby
Boomer, not a person. Nevertheless, when the end came, it was not pretty. William
Penn Hotel, Houston, and William Penn, the Man
by John Troesser. Photos
courtesy Lauren Meyers
Hotel demolished in January 2006 Yates
Hotel in Rankin by Mike Cox
Rankin’s old Yates Hotel, now the town’s museum
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The
Oil Camp Boarding House - Hearty Food - Dainty Waitresses and No Tipping by
Mike Cox 4-10-13
The best cook in West Texas’s storied
Yates Field... The accommodation Mrs. Rice operated fed employees and occasional
visitors at the Mid-Kansas Oil Co.’s Camp No. 2 in Pecos County.Jamming
at the Rice Hotel
by Mike Cox 8-16-12
But
imagine some 3,000 people crowded into a hotel lobby on a sultry summer afternoon
waiting to use the elevators in the days before air conditioning...Lincoln
Slept Here? by Mike
Cox 7-26-12
The “Lincoln slept here” assertion appeared
in a Texas newspaper referred to a historic hostelry in New Braunfels.
Yocum's
Inn: The Devil's Own Lodging by W. T. Block
"A gentleman's
life...held no attraction for Squire Yocum, a man who literally was nursed almost
from the cradle on murder and rapine, and for many years Yocum's Inn was actually
a den of robbers and killers..." Miss
Rita of Beaumont's Dixie Hotel by John Troesser
The Philanthropic
Madam of Oil City Cromer
Hotel of Cross PlainsMotels
by Mike Cox
After hitting the more-traveled U.S. highway at Claude, the next
county seat town I passed through was Clarendon. That’s where I saw a local overnight
place called the It’ll Do Motel... |
(Including
vintage photos or post cards)
Hotels listed in alphabetical order :
Alamo
Tourist Court, WacoAlgerita
Hotel, PostAlto
Lodge, AlpineHotel
Amarillo, AmarilloAransas
Pass old hotel, 2-story old brick buildingArtesia
Hotel, TerrellBaker
Hotel, Colorado CityBaker
Hotel, DallasBankhead
Hotel, StrawnHotel
Bishop, BishopBlackstone
Hotel (former), TylerBlessing
HotelBoston
Hotel, CarbonHotel
Brady, Brady
Brownwood
HotelsCactus
Hotel, San Angelo
Capitol Hotel,
AmarilloCaprock
Hotel, ClaudChildress
Hotel, Childress
5-4-11 Comfort
Hotel Comfort, ColdwaterCommercial
Hotel, Floydada 10-18-10Cortez,
Weslaco Cottle
Hotel, PaducahCottage
Hotel - MiamiCrawford
Hotel, Big SpringCueroHotel
Edinburg, EdinburgHotel
El Jardin, BrownsvilleElm
Court, HerefordThe
Falls Hotel, Conrad Hilton's Eighth, MarlinHotel
Fowlerton, FowlertonGilmer
Hotel, RockspringsGlen
Rose HotelGrim
Hotel, TexarkanaGunter
Hotel, San AntonioHamilton
Guest HotelHotel
Herring, AmarilloKemp
Hotel, Wichita FallsKerr
Hotel, SandersonKerrville
Hotels and Tourist CourtsKeystone
Hotel, Lampasas, 1870Ladonia
closed hotel Laguna
Hotel, CiscoLakeviewHamilton
Hotel, Olney Hotel
Lubbock, LubbockHotel
Lynn, Tahoka, 1908 postcardMarathon
tourist courtHotel
Marshall, MarshallMemphis
HotelMobley
Hotel, CiscoNew
State House, WacoNueces
Hotel, Corpus Christi | Interior
| StationeryO'Dell
Hotel, McLeanOld
Coupland InnEl
Paisano Hotel, MarfaPark
Hotel, Aquarena SpringsPecos
Hotel and abandoned motel, SheffieldPerryton
Hotel, PerrytonPharr
Hotel, PharrPlainview
- Hilton?Roaring
SpringsRogers
Hotel, WaxahachieRosemont
Hotel, BeaumontRoswell
Hotel, Del RioRoyal
Palm, Weslaco's First HotelHotel
Sabine, Port ArthurSan
Juan Hotel, San Juan Security
Hotel, Security 4-27-13Shary
Hotel, St. PaulSierra
Blanca - Railside hotel 10-3-11Southland
Hotel - Southland
1-7-13Spur
4-9-13 Suburban
Gardens Hotel, ca 1904, Pearland 3-15-11St.
Antony, San AntonioTexan
Hotel - PanhandleTexas
Hotel, MingusTexas
Longhorn Cafe, GlenrioTurner
Hotel, GainesvilleHotel
Tulia, TuliaVan
HornViggo
Hotel, HebbronvilleYoungblood
Hotel, ToyahWindsor
Hotel - AbileneWooten
Hotel, Abilene |
Baker
Hotel, Mineral Wells
I saw the articles on the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells on your site about a month
ago when a friend mentioned that he would like to go see the town. I have always
been interested in grand old buildings and so I brought along my camera to take
some pics.
I was able to get a pic of what the lobby looks like today
by adjusting my camera settings and holding it right up to the glass on the front
doors. It is easy to imagine what it looked like in its heyday (which makes its
current state all the more poignant). I also took a picture of what used to be
the hotel's garage across the street. As you can see, the "B" is clearly visible
over the doors.
I hope that the town decides to do something with it
as it is a beautiful building. Unfortunately, from the current state of the rest
of the town, that may not be an option. Thanks, - Paul Cox, Dallas, TX, February
26, 2005
Subject:
Hilton Hotel & old memories
I have been told the first hotel Mr. Hilton built with his name on it was in Plainview,
Texas. The last time I was downtown in Plainview, I believe it was still so.
A boyhood friend, Dr. Richard E. Morgan's father had been the manager at that
time when we were still in high school, the mid fifties. Richard is still there
you might check with him. I lived there from 1948 to 1968 and remember those times
with fond memories, it was one of the best places to grow up in !!! Recently went
to my classes 50th reunion, one of my most pleasurable memories, good to see people
you had not seen in so many years. - Jimmy Nowell, class of 1953, Granbury,
Texas, September 18, 2004
"For
Your Texas hotels built before 1950 series, may I humbly recommend the 16-story
Texas State Hotel (1929) in Houston? It is a dying swan that needs to be
revived. More architecture....art deco...it's rare, but it's there! Great site!
- Kathy Z., Sugar Land, December 2001
I
have been "stuck" in your website for almost 8 full hours now. I am fascinated
with all of it. I am particularly fond of the "Rooms with a Past." I would like
to offer some suggesions for future articles. I have always been fascinated
with these old, charming structures, and wondered why each of them eventually
closed. Baker
Hotel, Mineral Wells Falls Hotel (Hilton), Big Spring Settles
Hotel, Marlin Hilton Hotel, and Plainview, Cactus
Hotel (Hilton), San Angelo. Keep up the GREAT work - Arnold
Z.
I
was reading about the Schulenburg's
Heartbreak Hotel... This is someplace I'd like to visit. I'm an aspiring independent
filmmaker (director/writer), and I get so inspired reading various stories on
this site....especially the ghost towns, and smaller towns. I'm sure there some
character research that could be done in a place like this. Thanks, Joyce Chasteen,
July 26, 2001
I
love what you have done with your Rooms with a Past series. Photos are exquisite.
- Sandy
The
Kyle Hotel in Temple, Texas, might be good for one of your featured pre-1950's
hotels. It is no longer being used as was for sale for many years...hopefully
it will not be torn down, as it is great architecture. - K, March 03, 2001
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