This is a list of hotels that were either owned, leased or managed
by the Baker family, the Baker Hotel Company, or the Baker Corporation. It is probably
not complete. If you would like to share an image related to one of these hotels,
I would be happy to post it.
The Baker Corporation
"Answering
Questions about the Baker Corp. 7% Cumulative preferred Stock Participating
up to 9%."
"The net assets of the Baker Corporation, which consist of the
capital stock of the companies operating the Baker Hotel, Dallas; the Texas
Hotel, Fort Worth; the Stephen F. Austin Hotel, Austin; the Gunter and the Menger
Hotels, San Antonio, ...." (2 Nov 1928)
The Baker
Hotel in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
"New
... nice ... and sensibly priced guest rooms" (3 Sep 1967)
Post
card of the Baker Hotel in Dallas.
The Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA
"YOU
can spend your vacation at THE BAKER HOTEL in Mineral Wells for as low as $30.00
a week...." "Come to The Baker for the REST of your life . . ." (31 Jul 1938)
"The
Baker Hotel - World Famous Health Resort - Mineral Waters & Therapeutic Baths
- Bakerwell Health Plan including room, meals, baths, massages, from $35.00
a week." (18 May 1939)
"Laundry
List" from "The Baker" with prices for cleaning things like "Union Suits - Light
- $25." (unknown date)
"Auction
- An Outstanding Achievement in Vacation and Health Resorts - The Dominant,
12 Story, Air Conditioned Baker Hotel" (26 Jul 1963)
"Gala
Opening Set For the Baker Hotel" - "The Baker Hotel opens tonight after a two-year
closedown." (18 Jun 1965)
The Edson Hotel in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA
The Galvez
Hotel in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA
"Low
Winter Rates Now in Effect ..." "The Galvez Hotel is a unit of the Baker Hotel
System, which operate Hotels throughout Texas, and are known for their alertness
to ever serve their guests with the best of everything." (27 Feb 1929)
The Goodhue Hotel in Port Arthur, Texas, USA
"Goodhue
Hotel to Open - The doors of The Goodhue, a Baker Hotel, will be thrown open
to the public for inspection Thursday evening, August 22nd, at 7 o'clock" (21
Aug 1929)
"Just
a Few Reasons Why The Goodhue Hotel has such a wonderful reputation for serving
good food. It is a Baker hotel of which there are ten in Texas." (29 Sep 1929)
The Goodlander Hotel
in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, USA
The Gunter Hotel in San
Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
"The
Gunter Has Solved the Saturday Afternoon Problem" (22 Jan 1918)
An
Even Temperature of 73° Always Maintained" "San Antonio offers
no finer eating place than the new Gunter "Caveteria." (23 Sep 1929)
The Menger Hotel in San Antonio,
Bexar County, Texas, USA
"The
Menger - For More Than Fifty Years the Home of the Army" "Known Throughout the
Land for Its Table" "A Dinner - Any Meal - at the Menger Is Different - and,
Oh, So Good!" (22 Jan 1918)
San Luis Hotel in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA
"Will
an Annual Cash Distribution of Over One Million and a Half Dollars ($1,820,347.50)
And Work for 310 People Mean Anything to Galveston?" (11 Apr 1928)
The St. Anthony
Hotel in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
"Every
Afternoon 4 to 6 Is the Daily Delight On Society's Calendar - Hawaiian Tea at
the St. Anthony" (22 Jan 1918)
The Stephen F. Austin
Hotel in Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
The Sterling Hotel in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
The Texas Hotel in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
The Thomas Jefferson Hotel in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama,
USA
