Hotel Marshall, Art Deco hotel building in Marshall, Texas
The Marshall Grand, formerly Hotel Marshall, is a high-rise in downtown Marshall, Texas, built about 1929 and noted for its art-deco elements, though it draws on several styles popular at the time. Architect Wyatt Hedrick designed it next to Sam Perkins's Perkins' Brothers Store. East Texas Baptist University has owned the building since 2013.
The building was commissioned in 1929 by Sam Perkins, a department store owner, who hired architect Wyatt Hedrick to design it next to his retail business. Its construction reflected the economic prosperity that Marshall experienced in the late 1920s.
The Marshall Club occupied the mezzanine, reserved for members of some of Marshall's most affluent families. They held a Christmas party every year plus two or three other parties, and bingo was played weekly. Members financed the club themselves, and African American performers booked at the Roof Garden had to use the freight elevator rather than the main one.
The first floor was restored as a reception area and the former coffee shop became a restaurant, later leased to Stottford House until it closed in March 2016. A new elevator system was installed and the second floor was converted into a condominium, while floors 3 to 8 were left construction-ready. The ground floor remains available for lease for social events.
The Roof Garden was reached by a freight elevator for many African American performers booked there, while white guests used the main lift. The Marshall Club, a private group of Marshall's wealthiest families, held its weekly bingo on the mezzanine and a Christmas party each year.
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