FIRST Hotel in Corsicana - Corsicana, TX
N 32° 05.745 W 096° 28.154
14S E 738829 N 3553852
A 2016 historical marker issued by the Navarro County Historical Commission stands near the parking lot at the Navarro County Justice Center, 312 W 2nd Avenue, Corsicana, TX, noting this as the site of the city's first hotel, the McKinney Tavern.
Waymark Code: WM15TRC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2022
Views: 3
Besides this having been the site of the first hotel, there was another first in the kitchen, as the marker relates:
Built in 1848 by Rev. Hampton McKinney (1796-1857), was first hotel in Corsicana. The McKinney Tavern or McKinney Inn as it was also called was a two story structure built of logs and covered with hand hewn or riven boards because there were no sawmills in the area at that time.
The two-story tavern consisted of two large rooms downstairs with a long gallery in front, two other rooms attached at one corner with a long L-shaped section in back for a dining room with a kitchen beyond. Upstairs was a single large room. Most of the rooms had a large fireplace and the kitchen had what is believed to have been the first cookstove brought into Corsicana.
McKinney Tavern served as an inn, post office, meeting place for lawyers while court was in session, and sometimes photographers would use the tavern as temporary studios where they would make daguerreotype photographs for local families.
Many notable Navarro County residents boarded for a time at the McKinney Tavern: Alexander Beaton, Roger Q. Mills, John L. Miller, Clinton M. Winkler, John H. Reagan, and many others.
Navarro County Historical Commission 2016
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1848
More Information - Web URL: [Web Link]
|
Visit Instructions:As a suggestion for your visit log, please make every effort to supply a brief-to-detailed note about your experience at the Waymark. If possible also include an image that was taken when you visited the Waymark. Images can be of yourself, a personal Waymarking signature item or just one of general interest that would be of value to others. Sharing your experience helps promote Waymarking and provides a dynamic history of your adventures.
Recent Visits/Logs:
| There are no logs for this waymark yet. |
|
|
|