[The Hexagon Hotel] Metadata
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Title
- Main Title [The Hexagon Hotel]
Date
- Creation: 1897/1959
- Digitized: 2006-09-25
Language
- English
Description
- Content Description: A color photograph of the Hexagon Hotel is shown here. Please note the Convention Hall to the right (north) of the Hotel. The Convention Hall was built in 1925 to accommodate the West Texas Chamber of Commerce Convention, and was built over a portion of the foundation of the electric power plant of the hotel. In 1897 Galbraith was granted, by city ordinance, a 50-year franchise to illuminate the city. The Hexagon Hotel was torn down in 1959. Ira Tarwater (who had been contracted to do the work) remarked that "[I]t was the most novel building I have to tear down." He later said that he regretted doing it. The Convention Center was demolished in 1977.
Subject
- Keyword: Hexagon Hotel
- University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture - Landmarks
- Keyword: Lost Treasure
Primary Source
- Item is a Primary Source
Coverage
- Place Name: United States - Texas - Palo Pinto County - Mineral Wells
- Time Period: mod-tim
Collection
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Name: A. F. Weaver CollectionCode: AFWC
Institution
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Name: Boyce Ditto Public LibraryCode: BDPL
Rights
- Rights Access: public
Resource Type
- Photograph
Format
- Image
Identifier
- Accession or Local Control No: AWO_0038P
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth20360