Lamar Building
N 33° 39.539 W 101° 14.372
14S E 292340 N 3726595
A historic marker on the square in downtown Crosbyton TX
Waymark Code: WMKC9M
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/18/2014
Views: 5
The historic marker on the Lamar Building, across from the Crosby County Courthouse in downtown Crosbyton TX
Marker Number: 3015
Marker Text:
Site of Crosbyton Inn, first hotel here, built 1908, by C. B. Livestock Company to help promote area for cotton farming. A two-story frame building, it was mecca for travelers and land buyers.
After fire in 1912, hotel rebuilt over original basement. It was razed in 1920s. A brick office and apartment building was erected by E. H. Hendricks in 1926; purchased 1944 by W. P. Lamar and renamed Lamar Building.
Lamar (1889-1946), farmer, businessman, was son of pioneer of Crosby County. 1967
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