| Marker Number |
4814 |
| Atlas Number |
5143004814 |
| Marker Title |
Site of Hotel Knox and Thurber Mining Office |
| Index Entry |
Hotel Knox and Thurber Mining Office, Site of |
| Address |
|
| City |
Thurber |
| County |
Erath |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
554896 |
| UTM Northing |
3596934 |
| Subject Codes |
geology; inns, hotels, motels |
| Marker Year |
1994 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
SW corner of town square, FM 108, Thurber |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
The Texas and Pacific Coal Company built the first-class Hotel Knox about 1895. In addition to serving out-of-town guests, it was a social center in Thurber and home to many of the town's white collar workers, including store clerks and staff of the adjacent mining office where general manager William Knox Gordon maintained his headquarters. The Hotel Knox burned in 1907 and was replaced by the Plummer Hotel. Although the town was dismantled in the 1930s, ruins of the mining office were still visible decades later. (1995) |
