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04-21-2008, 05:44 AM
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The forlorn Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas!!! Opened for business in 1929, and hosted such celebs as: Clark Gable, Will Rogers, Marlene Dietrich, and the list goes on. The hotel offered therapeutic spa baths from the local "crazy water" which contains lithium!! 
Today, the hotel stands empty, awaiting a buyer....and occasional ghost hunters!  |
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04-21-2008, 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Pontificator
The forlorn Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas!!! Opened for business in 1929, and hosted such celebs as: Clark Gable, Will Rogers, Marlene Dietrich, and the list goes on. The hotel offered therapeutic spa baths from the local "crazy water" which contains lithium!!
Today, the hotel stands empty, awaiting a buyer....and occasional ghost hunters! |
I love that hotel and think it would be an ideal retirement apartment complex. Wish I had the money to buy it. I believe it would be a viable investment. I am retired, and lithium in the water might be good for me! |
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04-21-2008, 09:31 AM
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"Hope is the dream of a waking man." - Aristotle
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The renovated Cactus Hotel in San Angelo is nice, too. But don't know if it can compete with some of the taller buildings. It's only 15 stories.
~Rath
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04-21-2008, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by JamesAbilene
I love that hotel and think it would be an ideal retirement apartment complex. Wish I had the money to buy it. I believe it would be a viable investment. I am retired, and lithium in the water might be good for me!
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Gee, wanna start a venture??? I'll start rolling my coins, and have a garage sale, too (on second thought, might have to sell the garage).
This hotel just fascinates me, and it is such a shame to see it sit and slowly decay. The stories it could tell........  |
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04-21-2008, 10:15 AM
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Hear me talk, but never speak
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I'm going with the Edson Hotel...I was shocked the first time I went to Beaumont and saw a building that tall...
I didn't know enough of the history of the town at the time...
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04-21-2008, 03:33 PM
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Here is the Windsor. It still stands in downtown Abilene and is apartments for elderly folks. It has really been done nicely inside and has the original ballroom and other areas renovated.
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I'd have to second this one. I don't know why, but it has historic value. |
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07-24-2008, 09:13 PM
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Price Tower - Bartlesville, OK
My favorite small town highrise is Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Last edited by deltologist; 07-25-2008 at 03:47 PM..
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07-24-2008, 10:28 PM
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Woops!
Woops! I thought this thread was "general US," not just Texas. Sorry about that y'all.
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07-25-2008, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by deltologist
Woops! I thought this thread was "general US," not just Texas. Sorry about that y'all.
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that's ok, I'm impressed by the size of the Bartlesville skyline...thanks for posting |
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07-25-2008, 01:45 PM
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I'm loving that Midland tower. There were four buildings taller than the BOA Building in Midland planned before the oil bust. All over 500 feet.
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