Marker Inscription
James H. Collard, a surveyor, opened a general store on this site in 1837. Four years later he sold the business to Thomas Collins (1800-1869). Members of the Collins family ran the store until 1890 when William Berry (b.1856) constructed the Pickwick Hotel. Two brothers, F.A. and J.H. Smith, bought the building in 1921. It was reopened as the Davy Crockett Hotel in 1927. During construction of a new courthouse (1938-39), it housed county offices. The Crockett Hotel Co. purchased the business in 1939. Ray and Alta Cornelius served as managers until a fire destroyed it in 1972. (1980)
About this site
Crockett Hotel is a historical marker in Crockett, Houston County, dedicated in 1980. It is one of 185 historical markers documented in Houston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 361 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.3210, -95.4561 near Crockett. The nearest cataloged historic site is Downes, J.E. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mayes, William Elbert, First National Bank of Crockett, and Crockett.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5225011089. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
