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 Site of Aransas Hotel Posted by:  WalksfarTX
N 28° 01.306 W 097° 03.060
14R E 691613 N 3101145
Marker in front of a vacant lot next to Moon Over Water Gallery.
Waymark Code: WM18WC8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2023
Views: 2
Metal plaque on a metal pole tells the history of a hotel that is long gone.
Marker Number: 183
Marker Text:
Built in 1889 by civic leader and politician John H. Traylor, the Aransas Hotel covered this city block. The three-story structure, a major tourist attraction in Rockport, had about 100 rooms and a massive open dining room with a 200 person capacity. Guests were entertained by orchestras, plays, a mounted bird display, and beach facilities. They could also cruise in Traylor's yacht, or tour in surreys from the livery stable. Remodeled and named the Del Mar in the mid-1890s, it was sold in 1910. Deteriorated by 1906 and unused during World War I, the hotel was destroyed by fire in 1919. (1996)
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