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Historic Baker Hotel Lamp Post by Debra Martz One of several lamp posts that lead up both sides of the stairs to the main entrance of the Hotel located in Mineral Wells, Texas. Only a few had some remaining gold tone glass. Enhanced in Topaz Impressions. The Baker Hotel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Oh yes, and it is said to be haunted but I cannot confirm. ©Debra Martz 20190610-DSC_1474

Balcony of Historic Baker Hotel Mineral Wells Texas by Debra Martz We stopped while traveling through Mineral Wells, Texas recently and walked around the crumbling but historic Baker Hotel which opened in 1929 just two weeks after the great stock market crash. It was 14 floors and was considered to be the first skyscraper outside of a major metropolitan area. The hotel was named after and developed by T.B. Taker and cost $1.2 million to build and included progressive amenities such as an Olympic size swimming pool, air conditioning, circulating ice water for guest rooms, even automatic lights that would turn off as guests left their rooms and more. The Baker Hotel was successful through the mid-30s but had many financial difficulties...

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Side Entrance Historic Baker Hotel Mineral Wells Texas by Debra Martz We stopped while traveling through Mineral Wells, Texas recently and walked around the crumbling but historic Baker Hotel which opened in 1929 just two weeks after the great stock market crash. It was 14 floors and was considered to be the first skyscraper outside of a major metropolitan area. The hotel was named after and developed by T.B. Taker and cost $1.2 million to build and included progressive amenities such as an Olympic size swimming pool, air conditioning, circulating ice water for guest rooms, even automatic lights that would turn off as guests left their rooms and more. The Baker Hotel was successful through the mid-30s but had many financial difficult...