Marker Inscription
Named for a nearby creek, was built here by the Union Trading Company in 1912. With a doctor's office, drugstore, stylish guest rooms, and spacious porches the hotel became a community social center where area news could be heard, a game of croquet played, or voting results observed. Guests included area ranchers and wealthy Texans, known locally as "Summer Swallows," who came for the cool summer climate. Converted for use as apartments and offices, the hotel housed Harvard University personnel for almost 25 years. The Hotel Limpia was reestablished in 1978.
About this site
Hotel Limpia is a historical marker in Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County, dedicated in 1995. It is one of 22 historical markers documented in Jeff Davis County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 31 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.5889, -103.8938 near Fort Davis. The nearest cataloged historic site is Union Mercantile (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Fort Davis, C.S.A., Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and Jeff Davis County Courthouse.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5243010479. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
