A Brownwood Mystery: Hotel Brownwood

I was lollygagging around Brownwood the other night and was drawn to this building.  I just knew it was a dilapidated old hotel, and I was right.

I walked around the entire building and it was completely sealed, along with its secrets.  There wasn't any graffiti anywhere.

There's not much information on it on the internet either.  I do know:

• It opened on November 21, 1930
• It has 225 rooms
• It cost $2.00 to rent a room in 1930
• In the 1960s, it was used a dormitory for students of nearby Howard Payne University
• AKA The Browntowner
• Ghosts?  Most likely

This is how it looked in its heyday. 

Click Here to see a photograph of it from 1930.

I would not have been able to relax here

The Relax Inn in Goldthwaite, TX

Note the bottom sign, which reads: "Open-Hill Country Guns & Ammo-The Woman Cave"  WTF

I opted to stay at the Holiday Inn Express in Brownwood instead.  30 miles out of the way but comfort and safety are priceless.

Stunning Dilapidation in Goldthwaite

I saw this gem in Goldthwaite, TX.  I think it's beautiful. 

It's next door to the local nursing home.  According to a local, it has had many different owners over the years, each promising to restore it.  But the restoration never seems to come to fruition.  The local also said that kids think it's haunted (who wouldn't?) and hover around it during Halloween time. 

I can't find anything about the house other than it's worth about $120,000 and is 5212 square feet.  The county appraisal district does not even list the year built.  

There is no way that house is safe to live in, but yet I observed a satellite dish on the roof. WTF.

I would've gone closer but I was in town on "state business" and everyone knew it.