Marker Inscription
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)
About this site
Hotel Knox and Thurber Mining Office, Site of is a historical marker in Thurber, Erath County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 71 historical markers documented in Erath County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 144 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.5100, -98.4156 near Thurber. The nearest cataloged historic site is Thurber (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include New York Hill, Saint Barbara's Catholic Church, and Thurber Brick Plant, Site of.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5143004814. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
