Checking in! With 12 bedrooms, 10 with en suite bathrooms, the historic Farris Hotel, aka Hotel Dallas, could be just about anything.

The building, just off Main Street in Eagle Lake, TX, has come on the market with a list price of $1,650,000.

“It was built in 1912 and, throughout its life, it has been a hotel at least twice and then a restaurant. And the individual who owns it now is using it as a single-family residence,” says Tim Grimes of Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty, who is co-listing the property with Brian Spack.

“There are so many possibilities somebody could do with this. If somebody has an imagination and is creative, it could be something really special,” Grimes adds.

Built for rail travelers

Published reports say a hotel building has been on the site since the Good Hotel was built for rail travelers in 1858.

At one point, Bill and Helyn Farris restored and operated the hotel for 20 years. Bill died in 2012, and records show the building was vacant in 2017.

The current owner, who restored the building, is “moving, but is really leaving an opportunity for somebody to come in here and really take the hotel, which is a blank canvas right now, and create it into something special,” Grimes says.

The guest rooms are on the second floor, with the first floor housing a commercial kitchen and several dining and lounge areas.

“If you wanted to keep it as a boutique hotel, [you could] use the first floor as a restaurant and a bar area,” Grimes says.

There are also two communal restrooms on the lower level.

Quartet of buildings

The hotel is one of four buildings on the acre lot.

“In addition to the hotel, you have a vintage fourplex,” Grimes explains, meaning it has four separate apartments.

“There is a filling station that she has converted into more like a greenhouse or she shed, and then in the back of the property she has built kind of like a shop with AC and plumbing,” Grimes adds. “It would be a great spot for an event center or a party barn.”

Eagle Lake is about an hour from Houston, and Grimes says it is known for goose hunting and outdoor activities.

“It’s a very easy commute for people wanting to get away for the weekend, and you have a really charming historic downtown that’s also going through a revitalization,” she says.

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