Holt Hotel - Wichita Falls, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 33° 54.795 W 098° 29.398
14S E 547148 N 3752653
Listed on the National Register of Historical Places in 2003.
Waymark Code: WM133VV
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2020
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NRHP Nomination Form"Ornamental cornice
graces the top of the fifth floor, pre-cast pilasters with roman wreathes are displayed every ten feet on the first floor, and
the steel structure with its' masonry facade, boxed cornices of a late Victorian influence is being preserved and returned to
its' former position of grandeur and significance. The architecturally significant neo-classical structure, designed by
Hubbell and Greene, Architects, Dallas and built in 1910, is Wichita Falls' original skyscraper and was hailed as the city's
first "fireproof construction. The upper two floors and second story mezzanine were added in 1926 to transform the five
stories Kemp Kell bank and office building into an eight story structure featuring modern hotel rooms above the ground
floor commercial space. The well proportioned street front facades boast pilasters topped with medallions along the first
two levels, multiple changes in plane for the brick facade, and an elaborate projected terra cotta cornice."