1890 - Windsor Hotel - Abilene, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 32° 27.028 W 099° 44.064
14S E 430972 N 3590606
3-story brick hotel building; aluminum false front; little of historic fabric visible from the street; when originally built had round arched openings on second and third floors with elaborate corbeled brick parapet.
Waymark Code: WM112WD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/06/2019
Views: 1
NRHP Nomination Form"Built in 1890 and originally called the Windsor Hotel; name later changed to Palm Hotel; one of, if not, the oldest extant commercial building in Abilene; false front applied to building but most of original features believed to be intact underneath; builder was a Mr. White who completed building on November 1, 1890; a prominent early landmark in Abilene; classified Noncontributing (Abilene Commercial Historic District) because of insensitive changes to building's exterior; could be reclassified if sensitive restoration efforts are completed in compliance with Secretary of Interior Standards for Rehabilitation."
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