Capitol Hotel

A 3-story brick structure built on this site in 1857 by business leader George B. Adkins (1810-76), and called "Adkins House", ranked as a very fine hotel and served as depot for stage lines, including southern branch of Butterfield Mail, 1858-61. In this hotel the Confederate governor of Missouri, functioning in exile in Marshall, held several conferences with the Civil War governors of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Afterward the hotel was renamed "The Capitol." it continued as host to celebrities for years. In 1915, first floor was converted to mercantile uses. The building was razed in 1971-72.

Capitol Hotel is a historical marker in Marshall, Harrison County, dedicated in 1974. It is one of 103 historical markers documented in Harrison County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 270 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.5450, -94.3661 near Marshall. The nearest cataloged historic site is Service and Sacrifice: Harrison County at War at Memorial City Hall Performance Center (museum), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include First Methodist Church, Whetstone Memorial, and Harrison County.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5203010141. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.