Marker Inscription
Hotel Dallas, 1912 After Eagle Lake was laid out inthe 1850s, Gamaliel Good built a hotel on this corner. The Good Hotel served as a stagecoach and railroad stop. Three railroads crossed town, and commerce was heavy. By 1912 the economy had become dependent on rice farming and this structure was built. The Dallas Hotel was the social and business center for the town. Several hotels competed for the travelers' and drummers' business. With the decline of the railroad and the upsurge in automobiles, business decreased. This is the only one left of the historic hotels. (1979)
About this site
Hotel Dallas, 1912 is a historical marker in Eagle Lake, Colorado County, dedicated in 1979. It is one of 110 historical markers documented in Colorado County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 129 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.5909, -96.3331 near Eagle Lake. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rice Culture in Colorado County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Eagle Lake, Methodism in Eagle Lake, and Masonic Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5089002572. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
