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The Baker Hotel - Mineral Wells, Texas
The Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells

She waits like a beacon welcoming all who love her - historians, architects and ghost investigators. Once a spa to the rich and famous, she hosted the likes of Will Rogers, Judy Garland, Mary Pickford, Jean Harlow, Guy Lombardo, Mary Martin, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Marlene Dietrich, Clark Gable, Ernest Tubb, Sam Rayburn, President Lyndon Johnson, John Glenn, and even Bonnie and Clyde. But the Baker has fallen on hard times. Since she shut her doors in 1963, the Baker Hotel has fallen victim to vandals and decay. The good news is that she is still sound and efforts are being made to save her!

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The Baker Hotel - historic hotel of Mineral Wells, Texas


3 Comments »
  • I believe the hotel has just been sold - hopefully now it will be restored!

    Comment by Kira — May 23, 2006 @ 7:22 am


  • That is great news Kira! It would be wonderful to see the Baker restored to glory.

    Welcome to the site, come back again!

    Vicki :-)

    Comment by Administrator — May 25, 2006 @ 4:55 pm


  • wish she wouldve never been shut down.. but like all good things, must someday come to an end so she did too.. just hope they do restore the hotel.. she deserves it…

    Comment by kelly — November 9, 2007 @ 9:57 am


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