P. A. Smith Hotel - Navasota, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 30° 23.234 W 096° 05.369
14R E 779674 N 3365290
Three story hotel built of native sandstone (rubble: not quarried stone).
Waymark Code: WMVWK5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2017
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Russell Cushman
This towering stone landmark, which became the centerpiece of downtown Navasota, was finished in 1876, and turned out to be the grandest structure ever built in town, only eclipsed recently by the reconstruction of the old 1903 City Hall.
The Hotel only served as such for a little over a decade, then after Mrs. Smith died in 1890 the upstairs became the Smith family residence for many years. P. A. Smith died at age 74 of typhoid fever in 1903.
"n 2017, Steve and Janice Scheve took a look, just a peek, to satisfy their curiosity. She had always been a lover of old things, he not so much, but something was different about this old, somewhat lost hotel. It was Mr. Scheve that convinced his wife to buy this heap of stone and history and make her new again. Almost three years in restoration, The P.A. Smith Hotel is in the heart of the "Railroad District" in Navasota, TX, and at last has found her forever home."