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Light Base
Bottom of the lights along stairs going up the front. No correction...the red is really that red. I will be sharing the Baker Hotel with you all week.
The Baker hotel was put into the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is located in Mineral Wells, Texas. The story begins in 1925. The community was profiting off of the community's mineral water. $150,000 was raised to build a hotel and Theodore Brasher Baker was chosen as the designer. It was completed in 1929 and was the first skyscraper outside a major metropolitan area: 450 guest rooms, two ballrooms, bowling alley, beauty shop, gymnasium, and an outdoor swimming pool.
It was fully air conditioned by the 1940's. Mr. Baker suffered financial difficulties and passed ownership to his nephew, Earl Baker. April 30, 1963 Earl closed the hotel, it was just after his 70th birthday. It re-opened in 1965 and closed permanently in 1972. Aug of 2010 plans were announced to reopen the hotel once financing was obtained.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Hotel_%28Mineral_Wells,_Texas%29
Light Base
Bottom of the lights along stairs going up the front. No correction...the red is really that red. I will be sharing the Baker Hotel with you all week.
The Baker hotel was put into the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is located in Mineral Wells, Texas. The story begins in 1925. The community was profiting off of the community's mineral water. $150,000 was raised to build a hotel and Theodore Brasher Baker was chosen as the designer. It was completed in 1929 and was the first skyscraper outside a major metropolitan area: 450 guest rooms, two ballrooms, bowling alley, beauty shop, gymnasium, and an outdoor swimming pool.
It was fully air conditioned by the 1940's. Mr. Baker suffered financial difficulties and passed ownership to his nephew, Earl Baker. April 30, 1963 Earl closed the hotel, it was just after his 70th birthday. It re-opened in 1965 and closed permanently in 1972. Aug of 2010 plans were announced to reopen the hotel once financing was obtained.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Hotel_%28Mineral_Wells,_Texas%29