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Temple's
Doering Hotel
aka The Hotel Hawn
Temple, Texas
by Johnny
Stucco
Photos courtesy of Sara and Tara Woods, Fort Worth
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- The Doering January 2005. Courtesy Sara Woods
R - The Doering in 2000.
Metal frame on top once spelled out rates. TE Photo
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| Built
in 1928, the Doering was one of Temple's three principal buildings. The others
were the nearby Hotel Kyle and what had been Professional Building. While the
Kyle is now in use as a retirement hotel, the Doering has been closed for years. |
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The text of this period postcard gives the Doering's rates as 1.50 to 2.50
for a room with its own bath. Note the Arcadia facade far left.
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Like
many grand and semi-grand hotels, the Doering had a theater close by for the entertainment
of guests.
Although the Arcadia Theater was (more or less) a freestanding
building, the theater's lobby could be entered from either of two separate street
entrances. The theater's minor entrance is to the right of the hotel between the
hotel and the windowless building, which is actually the theater. |
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The main entrance with the recently restored Arcadia Marquee
Photo
courtesy Sara Woods, January 2005 |
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"Ghost Sign" for the Hawn Hotel
Photo courtesy Sara Woods,
January 2005 |
| | Another
view of the hotel
Photo courtesy Sara Woods, January 2005 |
| | One
of the hotel's ornamental medallions
Photo courtesy Sara Woods, January
2005 |
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Envelope with the Doering's Imprint
TE stationery collection |
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contemporary photos featured here are courtesy of Sara and Tara Woods of Fort
Worth; a mother-daughter team who share an appreciation of old hotels and vintage
Texas buildings. | |
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