[The Damron Hotel Fire, 3 of 21: Baker Hotel in Background]
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The Damron Hotel (very popular in the resort city of Mineral Wells through the periods of the "Roaring Twenties", The Great Depression and World War II) was originally built as The Colonial Hotel in 1906 by J.T. Holt. Mr. Holt also owned a hardware store at the back of the hotel facing S. Oak Avenue, and a one-room buggy showroom between the hardware store and the hotel.
The hotel was traded to Agnew and Bessie Damron around 1917 , and the name was changed to reflect the new ownership.…
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Date:
December 22, 1975
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