Bischosberger Hotel - Baxter Springs, KS
N 37° 01.539 W 094° 44.102
15S E 345668 N 4099125
A sign at the entrance to Baxter Drug, 1000 Military Ave, Baxter Springs, KS, indicates that this building was constructed in 1900 as the Bischosberger Hotel, later providing a home for a post office and an Odd Fellows Lodge.
Waymark Code: WMMMYA
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 10/12/2014
Views: 6
Placed by the City of Baxter Springs, the sign itself is nothing fancy, protected by a wooden frame, and it is easily spotted at the entrance to the drugstore.
Marker Name: Bischosberger Hotel
Marker Type: Other (Please identify in marker text)
Marker text:
Bischosberger Hotel
Julius Bischosberger, a native of Prussia, came to Baxter Springs in 1868 and constructed a frame building for the Bischosberger Hotel and Restaurant on this site. Directly across the street to the north was the Bischosberger Livery and Feed business. Weary travelers could get a warm meal and bed, and have their horses fed and cared for.
In 1900, the property on this site was razed. The present brick building was constructed that year and was used as the Baxter Springs Post Office until 1911. The International Order of Odd Fellows Lodge held their meetings upstairs, as the frontispiece on the building confirms.
Marker Location: Cherokee
Name of agency setting marker: Other (Please identify in marker text)
Year Marker Placed: Not listed
Official Marker Number: Not listed
Marker Web Address: Not listed
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