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Palace Hotel 
Source: Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler (1842 - 1922). Denison, Grayson County, Texas 1891, 1891. Lithograph, 20.9 x 33.5 in. Published by T. M. Fowler and James B. Moyer. Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth. From Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Bird's-eye Maps, According
to Donna Hunt's article in the Herald Democrat, Augut 11, 2010, "In the
early days a store located on the ground floor facing Main Street, and
a coffee shop operated at the corner until the early 1950s.
The
front half of the first floor was mercantile space." The
building
was demolished in 1961.
Central Hotel ca. 1895. 400 West Main Street Denison, Texas Source: Art Work of Grayson County (1895), fig. 9.5(b) The hotel was located at 400 W.
Main St. at the corner of South Burnett Ave. This was called
the "Central Hotel" in 1895.
400 West Main Street at South Burnett Avenue, looking south. "Simpson Palace Hotel. European Plan. Joe M. Crumpton, Manager." Source: Robinson, Frank M., comp. Industrial Denison. [N.p.]: Means-Moore Co., [ca. 1909]. Page 84. Notice the big tooth as a sign advertising "Dentist." R.M. King Dry Goods : Clothing, Furnishings & Shoes Later it was known as
the "Simpson Palace Hotel" and then just the "Palace Hotel".
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