Details for Lamar Building
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5107003015
Data
| Marker Number | 3015 |
| Atlas Number | 5107003015 |
| Marker Title | Lamar Building |
| Index Entry | Lamar Building |
| Address | 126 S. Berkshire Ave. |
| City | Crosbyton |
| County | Crosby |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 292339 |
| UTM Northing | 3726604 |
| Subject Codes | buildings; commercial buildings; inns, hotels, motels |
| Marker Year | 1967 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | NW corner S. Berkshire Ave. and W. Aspen St. |
| Private Property | |
| Marker Condition | |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Site of Crosbyton Inn, first hotel here, built 1908, by C. B. Livestock Company to help promote area for cotton farming. A two-story frame building, it was mecca for travelers and land buyers. After fire in 1912, hotel rebuilt over original basement. It was razed in 1920s. A brick office and apartment building was erected by E. H. Hendricks in 1926; purchased 1944 by W. P. Lamar and renamed Lamar Building. Lamar (1889-1946), farmer, businessman, was son of pioneer of Crosby County. (1967) |