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Texan Hotel

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117 E. Broadway, Panhandle, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 35° 20' 26.71850000004", -101° 22' 43.06881"
 
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    Texan Hotel During the height of Carson County's oil boom in the 1920s, the major oil field supply houses headquartered in Panhandle, and lodging was in great demand. In 1926, Clark B. (d. 1946) and Margaret (d. 1967) Downs opened the Downs Hotel to help meet this need. It was renamed the Texan Hotel when the property was conveyed to J. H. Paul (d. 1960) in 1932. Later owners converted the Texan Hotel to apartments but continued to make a few rooms available for guests after World War II. By the early 21st century, the Texan was the only hotel built in Panhandle during the oil boom years that remained in operation.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Texan Hotel Historical Marker Location Map, Panhandle, Texas