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Old Fort Richardson Hotel

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1899. 101 S. Main St.

Built by H. J. Hensley and L. A. Wilson, the former hotel is a three-story structure, constructed in the town’s prevailing rock-faced limestone. Pilasters bracketing second- and third-floor windows rise above the cornice line, framing shallow bow windows recessed within the thick walls. Tile-roofed hoods extend between the pilasters. The rounded front corner is capped with a scrolled stone pediment.

Other more utilitarian late-nineteenth-century stone structures are at 106 E. Belknap Street, which has Mesker Brothers cast-iron columns on the first story and, at 111 E. Archer Street, the Jacksboro Fire Department.

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Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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Gerald Moorhead et al., "Old Fort Richardson Hotel", [Jacksboro, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-DD24.

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Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 241-241.

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