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The Hotel Wooten (Wooten Hotel)

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1930, David S. Castle Co.; 2004 rehabilitated. 1102 N. 3rd St.

When this sixteen-story, steel-framed, 200-room hotel opened in 1930 it was the tallest building between Fort Worth and El Paso. It became the social center for Abilene for many years. The buff brick building’s central tower is bracketed by six-story wings, and two-story arched openings on the ground floor unify the building’s three masses. Height is emphasized by continuous pilasters. Art Deco floral, animal, and geometric ornament is cut in low relief in gray cast stone at cornices, spandrels, and pilaster caps.

The Wooten was developed by wholesale grocer H. O. Wooten, who paid for the project in cash. It was converted to apartments in 1963 as Abilene Towers and rehabilitated in 2004 for apartments and retail.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Paramount Theater
Mims Building
Under One Roof (Minter Dry Goods Store)
Abilene Chamber of Commerce (Windsor Hotel)
Federal Building, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "The Hotel Wooten (Wooten Hotel)", [Abilene, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-SB23.

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, 306-306.

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