Marker Inscription
First white settlers in 1850's found Indians using curative waters here. Town was quickly developed around the springs. Stage and freight routes and many cattle drives came this way. The springs took the name of landowner, John Hancock. On a hill to the north about 1882, promoters of the Santa Fe Railway built a 200-room "Park Hotel," with boardwalk to the springs, bathhouses, many other luxuries. It gained wide fame as South's finest health resort. Closed in a few years as a hotel, it later housed Centenary College, until it burned in 1895. Area is now a city park.
About this site
Hancock Springs is a historical marker in Lampasas, Lampasas County, dedicated in 1966. It is one of 73 historical markers documented in Lampasas County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 122 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.0545, -98.1851 near Lampasas. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hancock Springs Bathhouse (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Park Hotel, Site of, Hostess House, and Flood, The 1957.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5281002353. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
