Fort Worth Heritage Trails - Grand Hotels - Fort Worth, TX
N 32° 45.293 W 097° 19.874
14S E 656327 N 3625345
Fort Worth Heritage Trails sign commemorating the origins of the historic El Paso Hotel, noting its various incarnations until its demolition in 1978.
Waymark Code: WMEBFG
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/02/2012
Views: 4
The sign is located on the east side of Main St, between 3rd and 4th Streets, in view of the historic Land Title building in Sundance Square. Its text says:
In March 1878, the lavish El Paso Hotel opened on this block. The three-storied, gas-lit, first class hotel featured a telephone and billiard room. It quickly became the major gathering place for city leaders, businessmen, visitors, actors and gamblers. Regularly scheduled stagecoach service from the hotel allowed passengers to connect with trains to the east or take the 1560-mile stage journey west to Yuma.
Additions were made to the hotel and it was renamed the Pickwick. The hotel’s name changed to the Delaware in 1891. The Delaware was demolished in 1911, and the seven-story Westbrook Hotel opened on the site. In 1917, the Westbrook’s crowded lobby became the center of frenzied oil boom activity. A lobby sculpture was named the “golden goddess” because of the many oil deals made around her. The Westbrook was torn down in 1978 and the “golden goddess” now resides at the Petroleum Club at 7th & Main Streets.
Heritage Trails 2006
Sponsored by: Susan Kelly Blue, M.D.
Group that erected the marker: Fort Worth Heritage Trails/City of Fort Worth
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
East side of Main St. between 3rd and 4th Streets
Fort Worth, TX USA
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