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Historic Hotels
and Inns of Texas
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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.”
The
Antlers Hotel in Kingsland by Michael Barr
Aumont Hotel, Seguin, Texas
Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells c. 1929 by Johnny Stucco
Bay-Tex
Hotel c. 1929, Bay City
Blacktone
Hotel, razed. Tyler, Texas
Blazilmar,
Taylor, Texas
Bluebonnet
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...
Brown
Hotel, Chico, Texas
Llano's
Dabbs Hotel, Llano, Texas by Michael Barr 1-15-24
"The Dabbs Hotel in Llano has been an overnight stop for travelers
and a weekend getaway for romantics for over a century. Past guests
included railroad workers, miners, prospectors, cowboys, college
students, racoons and the ghosts of Bonnie and Clyde."
Doering
Hotel, Temple, Texas
aka The Hotel Hawn by Johnny Stucco
Former
El Capitan Hotel in Van Horn, 1929
Fanthorp
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...
Hotel
Galvez History Cartoon by Roger T. Moore
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 Champion
Harlan
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...
The
Hexagon Hotel by Mike Cox
In Mineral Wells
Alpine’s
Holland Hotel by Mike Cox
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 Today
La
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 Ramsey
Hotel
McCartney - A Look Inside Texarkana's Ten-Story Ghost
Photos by Ken Rudine and Officer Grant Gildon
Menger
Hotel
Old
Bill the Menger Alligator by Michael Barr
Murchison Hotel by Bob Bowman
Nimitz
Hotel by Mike Cox
Orient
Hotel, Pecos, Texas
Now West of the Pecos Museum
Ostrow
Hotel, Fredericksburg, Texas by Michael Barr
Saving
the Pearl in Johnson City by Michael Barr
Plaza
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, Texas
Settles
Hotel, Big Spring
Simpson
Hotel, Seagraves, Texas
Southern
Hotel, New Birmingham, Texas (From "First Iron Smelting
Attempt In Texas Ended In Ashes" by W. T. Block)
Stagecoach
Inn, Hochheim, Texas
Little
Tee Pee(s) on the Prairie by Johnny Stucco
Photos courtesty Ken Rudine & Blue Dolphin Investments LP
Texas
Tourist Camp and Petrified Wood Gas Station, Decatur, Texas. by
Robin Jett
Tarpon
Inn, Port Aransas
Old
Turner Hotel Uncovered by Hallettsville Fire by Murray Montgomery
The
White Wing Hotel by Mike Cox
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
Historical Markers:
Site
of Carry Nation's Hotel Historical Marker
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(Including
vintage photos or post cards)
Hotels listed in alphabetical order :
Alamo
Tourist Court, Waco
Algerita
Hotel, Post
Algona
Hotel, Llano
Alto
Lodge, Alpine
Hotel
Amarillo, Amarillo
Aransas
Pass old hotel, 2-story old brick building
Artesia
Hotel, Terrell
Baker
Hotel, Colorado City
Baker
Hotel, Dallas
Ballinger Hotel, Ballinger
Bankhead
Hotel, Strawn
Hotel
Bishop, Bishop
Blackstone
Hotel (former), Tyler
Blessing
Hotel
Bo-Tex
Motel, Bowie
Boston
Hotel, Carbon
Hotel
Brady, Brady
Breckenridge
Bradley
Cottage, Tioga
Brownwood
Hotels - Brownwood, Southern, Plaza, Castle Court
Cactus
Hotel, San Angelo
Capitol
Hotel, Amarillo
Caprock
Hotel, Claud
Cedar
Station Tourist Court
Childress
Hotel, Childress
Circle
Inn neon sign, Dallas
Comfort
Hotel Comfort, Coldwater
Commercial
Hotel, Floydada
Corn
Hill
Cortez,
Weslaco
Cottle
Hotel, Paducah
Cottage
Hotel - Miami
Crawford
Hotel, Big Spring
Cuero
De
Soto Hotel, Dalhart
Dixie
Motel, Burton
Hotel
Edinburg, Edinburg
Hotel
El Jardin, Brownsville
Elm
Court, Hereford
The
Falls Hotel, Conrad Hilton's Eighth, Marlin
Hotel
Fowlerton, Fowlerton
Franklin
Hotel, Llano
Gilmer
Hotel, Rocksprings
Glen
Rose Hotel
Goober
Hotel, Gorman
Grim
Hotel, Texarkana
Gunter
Hotel, San Antonio
Hamilton
Guest Hotel
Hearne
Hotel, Cameron
Hotel
Herring, Amarillo
Kemp
Hotel, Wichita Falls
Kerr
Hotel, Sanderson
Keystone
Hotel, Lampasas, 1870
Ladonia
closed hotel
Laguna
Hotel, Cisco
Lakeview
Hamilton
Hotel, Olney
Hotel
Las Lomas, Junction
Hotel
Lubbock, Lubbock
Hotel
Lynn, Tahoka, 1908 postcard
Marathon
tourist court
Hotel
Margueretta, Barstow
Hotel
Marshall, Marshall
Memphis
Hotel
Hotel
Mercedes
Mobley
Hotel, Cisco
Muleshoe
Hotel, Muleshoe
Navarro
Hotel, Corsicana
New
State House, Waco
Nueces
Hotel, Corpus Christi | Interior
| Stationery
O'Dell
Hotel, McLean
Odessa
Motels
Old
Coupland Inn
El
Paisano Hotel, Marfa
Palmer
Hotel, Big Spring
Park
Hotel, Aquarena Springs
Pecos
Hotel and abandoned motel, Sheffield
Perryton
Hotel, Perryton
Pharr
Hotel, Pharr
Plainview
- Hilton?
Port
Arthur - Goodhue Hotel, Dick Dowling Hotel, Vaugham Hotel, Hotel
Sabine
Provident
City Hotel, Provident City
Roaring
Springs
Rogers
Hotel, Waxahachie
Rosemont
Hotel, Beaumont
Roswell
Hotel, Del Rio
Royal
Palm, Weslaco's First Hotel
Hotel
Sabine, Port Arthur
San
Juan Hotel, San Juan
Scharbauer
Hotel, Midland
Security
Hotel, Security
Seymour
- Hotel at Lake Kemp
Shamrock
Court, Shamrock
Shary
Hotel, St. Paul
Sierra
Blanca - Railside hotel
Southland
Hotel - Southland
Spur
St.
Antony, San Antonio
St.
Charles Hotel and Tourist Court, Kerrville
Stagecoach
Stop and Sargent Hotel, Brackettville
Suburban
Gardens Hotel, ca 1904, Pearland
Texan
Hotel - Panhandle
Texas
Hotel, Mingus
Texas
Longhorn Cafe, Glenrio
Thomas
J. Rusk Hotel, Rusk
Tivy
Hotel, Kerrville
Turner
Hotel, Gainesville
Hotel
Tulia, Tulia
Van
Horn
Viggo
Hotel, Hebbronville
West
Hotel - George West
Windsor
Hotel - Abilene
Old
Stagecoach Inn, 1910 - Winedale
Wooten
Hotel, Abilene
Youngblood
Hotel, Toyah
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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
The
Kyle Hotel in Temple
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