Pretty cool, never heard of this before. Looked it up and Flikr has a few more pictures of the inside including the staircase and more info on this. Supposedly the builder, D.G. Gailbraith a Texas Rancher built this to resemble the pattern of a bee hive. He also built the whole building with little help from carpenters or draftsman another article states lol.
Such an awful shame that it’s no longer there. It sure seems like it was a very interesting piece of architecture.
UrbanGeographersays
Mineral Wells is also known for the Baker Hotel, a pretty grand 14 story historic hotel in a mostly hodunk town of 1 and 2 story buildings.
I remember growing up and driving through the place on family road trips and being mesmerized by that building. Last time I passed through it was completely vacant but it’s still a pretty grand sight in the flatness of central Texas.
It bothers me that they’re using a pentagram instead of a hexagram on the top part of the design.
msallinsays
This looks like it’s 10-sided, not 6-sided. We can see 6 sides from this angle alone.
GoHomeWithBonnieJeansays
That is one of the coolest things I’ve seen on this sub. I love stick-built buildings of that era, and tis is an exceptionally imaginative and unique example. Thanks.
Rosapodsays
What an interesting crowd! There is a girl sitting on the stairs; I wonder what upset her. Also, there is a man in the background to the left.
StockFly says
Pretty cool, never heard of this before. Looked it up and Flikr has a few more pictures of the inside including the staircase and more info on this. Supposedly the builder, D.G. Gailbraith a Texas Rancher built this to resemble the pattern of a bee hive. He also built the whole building with little help from carpenters or draftsman another article states lol.
Pictures:
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/12896641@N08/4182655924](https://www.flickr.com/photos/12896641@N08/4182655924)
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Noname_Maddox says
[The Location today. Quite a lot has been leveled around it](https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8137134,-98.1129369,3a,75y,323.37h,105.91t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sfYdG9A_kUnSoZfubwnvAfA!2e0!5s20131001T000000!7i13312!8i6656)
JohnPlayerSpecialRed says
Such an awful shame that it’s no longer there. It sure seems like it was a very interesting piece of architecture.
UrbanGeographer says
Mineral Wells is also known for the Baker Hotel, a pretty grand 14 story historic hotel in a mostly hodunk town of 1 and 2 story buildings.
I remember growing up and driving through the place on family road trips and being mesmerized by that building. Last time I passed through it was completely vacant but it’s still a pretty grand sight in the flatness of central Texas.
[Baker Hotel](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Hotel_(Mineral_Wells,_Texas))
Sasquatchtration says
It bothers me that they’re using a pentagram instead of a hexagram on the top part of the design.
msallin says
This looks like it’s 10-sided, not 6-sided. We can see 6 sides from this angle alone.
GoHomeWithBonnieJean says
That is one of the coolest things I’ve seen on this sub. I love stick-built buildings of that era, and tis is an exceptionally imaginative and unique example. Thanks.
Rosapod says
What an interesting crowd! There is a girl sitting on the stairs; I wonder what upset her. Also, there is a man in the background to the left.