The Crockett Hotel is a

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a ref ...

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, which overlooks

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, and is a San Antonio historic landmark itself. It was built by the local Oddfellows' Lodge who occupied a portion of the hotel until they sold it in 1978. View of the Alamo grounds from the Crockett Hotel - panoramio

View of the Alamo grounds from the Crockett Hotel - panoramio

Built in 1909, one of three hotels built in downtown San Antonio that year. It is located on the

Battle of the Alamo The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Ant ...

grounds, on part of the original Alamo grounds, on the location of Honore Grenet's store. Designed by Padgett, it was built with six stories in its main wing, topped by "a

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with wide

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eaves", but a seventh story was added in a 1927 renovation designed by Henry P. Pheltz. There is a rounded corner entrance to the building at Bonham and Crockett streets, and the west facade of the building "is broken into two planes following the configuration of the block." It was listed on the

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in 1977 as a

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in the

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. (PDF document also availabl
here
) At the time (1977) it was owned by the local Oddfellows' Lodge, which occupied the entire fifth floor, which also housed the Oddfellows' Grand Lodge Museum of Texas since 1961. It has been a member of

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since 2010.

Davy Crockett Hotel in Crockett, Houston County

There was a Davy Crockett Hotel located in

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, seat of Houston County, Texas, which operated from 1927 until it was destroyed by a fire in 1972. It was owned by the Crockett Hotel Co. A Texas historic plaque, titled "Site of the Crockett Hotel", marks the site.

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