Historical Markers StoppingPoints.com Historical Markers, Sightseeing & Points of Interest Scenic Roads & Points of Interest
About Us | Photo Gallery | Free Widgets | Featured States | Search Site
Register or Edit LoginRegister
Home Texas Edwards County Rocksprings Gilmer Hotel
     

Gilmer Hotel

  Texas Historical Markers
Rocksprings, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 30° 0' 58.12436000016", -100° 12' 33.0074700012"
 
    Texas State
Historical Marker
    Built in 1916 by Jesse Walter Gilmer (1883-1961), the two-story Gilmer Hotel was originally wooden, with an upper gallery on the east and south sides. It was frequented by traveling salesmen as well as local ranchers and other visitors. The dining room was popular with townspeople, and the kitchen provided meals for prisoners in the Edwards County Jail. The hotel sheltered influenza patients during a World War I epidemic and, later, victims of a 1927 tornado. The Gilmer family sold the hotel in 1918. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Gilmer Hotel Historical Marker Location Map, Rocksprings, Texas