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West of the Pecos Museum (Orient Hotel and Saloon)

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1896 Saloon; 1907 Orient Hotel; 1962 rehabilitated. 120 E. 1st St.

Both the three-story hotel and the adjacent two-story saloon were built of rock-faced red Pecos sandstone, although the hotel has been painted a buff color. Stepped parapets are the sole effort at ornamentation on these utilitarian buildings, along with sidewalk canopies with verandahs to watch the railroad activities across the street. R. S. Johnson opened the hotel to serve land promoters, traveling salesmen, and new settlers. The hotel was rehabilitated in 1962 to accommodate its present use as a museum.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Chamber of Commerce (Texas and Pacific Railway Passenger Station)
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
Reeves County Courthouse
First Christian Church
Santa Rosa de Lima Catholic Church

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "West of the Pecos Museum (Orient Hotel and Saloon)", [Pecos, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-MT44.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 470-470.

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