Thank you for all your doing! Our old buildings need to be restored the beauty and architecture is amazing can't wait to see it finished. I live in Ohio, but may have to come to Texas just to see The Baker!
The group doing the proposed work to open it back to a resort hotel/spa have done at least 3 financial studies on the area, plus countless other inspections to gather info on cost versus income potential. Every one of the studies have come back positive. These guys know what they are doing and have done it before.
6 years later now and........ NOTHING!!! can't have been that much of a goer eh!! Will never be restored, would take about 50 years to just break even.
I grew up in MW and enjoyed the Baker along with it's Brazos Club & swimming pool many times. Going to Sunday lunch after church during the '50s was living in "high cotton" for us. High School graduation party was in that top floor Ballroom 1968. Commentary about where "the guy sat to watch the crowd" actually refers to the bandstand. Thanks for fascinating look at the tower interior, including elevator motors. Very much look forward to staying there one of these days.
Neat! They are supposed to be restoring an old hotel in Tampa called The Floridan in a similar fashion. Its restoration seems to get all gummed up from time to time though. I am not sure that they ever finished it.
I sincerely hope that this building gets restored. It's an historical sight. I remember seeing it as a youngster (65 years ago) and the Crazy Water also.
To Kevin Pruitt, thanks so much for the beautiful clip of the interior of the Baker. She may be a little faded & much need of repair...but her charm is a sparkling as ever. I, too, grew up in MW & my dad's photo shop was across the street. I visited the Baker almost daily back then, eating lunch in the sandwich shop, going to the bowling alley in the basement with my dad & even riding the elevator to the top & back for fun as all the staff knew me,
my grandmother and her 2 sisters (in their 90's now) used to tell me stories about staying at the Baker and I grew up in MW so this is exciting!! My family and I are definitely going to stay there whenever it is finally ready. It is such a great idea considering this day and age seems to be all about health and wellness and I hope they bring it back as what it was all about in the beginning with the famed mineral water and it's mysterious healing and wellness capabilities... KUDOS!!!!
Amazing!! I have only seen the outside and plan on going back soon (I live in Euless) to take more pictures. I would love to see the inside, it is just so sad to see the damage that has been caused by time and vandals. I am in the hospitality industry and love the history behind old hotels. I really hope that she can be salvaged after so many years of neglect.
We lived in Mineral Wells but I was born in Ft. Worth, in 1968. My mom loved Mineral Wells. I have no memory of it because we moved to Louisiana in 1972. I've always been facinated with the Baker and wanted to go there. It would be really cool if they restored it.
I am very excited. I discovered the hotel a year ago on the internet. I would love to stay here. I will keep hoping and getting excited. I hope they are able to keep the old elevators perhaps even hire opperators. even if they aren't I still want to stay here. Good luck and thanks for the video.
I've only been there once, but it was at night so we weren't able to see all of the structure. You can tell it was beautiful in it's hayday; still is. Thanks so much for putting this up! I'm excited about seing the end results!
First, get all the roofs and the windows and exterior areas sealed up. As seen on "The Proper People" channel video, there is some serious water entering from above and flowing down through the floors of the building. Yeah, Texans can pull this off!
What an awesome video!! I have been in love with this place since 2004. I have only seen pictures, so this video makes it more real to me!! I am so excited that she is being restored and I cannot wait to take my family there to see it!! Thank you for this video!!
I drove through Mineral Wells when I was driving from Stephenville to Wichita Falls earlier this year. This building immediately caught my interest. I would really like to kick around this old building sometime. Only thing is, you have to sneak in to catch a glimpse of all this beauty. Bravo on the video and I am really looking forward to the next one
What luck you got to go see the old hotel. Thank you for posting and sharing it with us. It would be awesome if they really do restore it. I loved some of the shots you got. You have a good camera eye. Very nice video! Thanks again for sharing it with us.
from the very first time I laid eyes on the Baker Hotel, I fell in love..I have a sense that I lived there once....and I would give anything to work on this lovely lady!
I grew up close to the Baker. I liked thid video. I went to a New Yrs Party that was hekd in the bottom floor of the Baker. It was so fun! it was back in the 90s I dont know if they still do that or not. Nothing beats the Baker as a symnol of a forgotten time
I grew up close to the Baker. I liked thid video. I went to a New Yrs Party that was hekd in the bottom floor of the Baker. It was so fun! it was back in the 90s I dont know if they still do that or not. Nothing beats the Baker as a symnol of a forgot time
I imagine it's going through so bureaucratic tape of some sort at the moment, as far as I know it's still going to be restored. I'd love to see this beauty of a building restored. I drive by it en route to our ranch west of town and every time I wonder what it looked like in its hay-day. When it gets restored I'd love to be able to stay in it ;)
The symbol the Nazis called the swastica is very old. It was used by ancient people in Tibet. And it is a design found in Hopi American Indian art. It represented simply the wheel of time (eternity). The hotel was built in the 1920s, long before the Nazis tried to co-opt it.
Man I live some where else now, but when i was a kid i use to run around that place. I loved the Baker Hotel. The useful of it restored is none tho last time i was there to put a reef on my dads headstone the place was way way dead. the Wal-mart looked like ours does here at 3 am
Hi, I see several ITC spirit manifestations in the video - for instance the two figures manifesting to the left at 2:14. Also at 4:43 a male and a female are manifesting on the wall. Instrumental Trans-dimensional Communication, a well-described paranormal phenomenon. Not negative as long as we respect the old ancestors, those who came before us. And remember, the Internet is a dimension in itself. I also have caught EVP in Danish language, audible clearly at 0.5x video speed 6:35 'I Danmark, der bor en Völve' ('In Denmark lives an Asatru shaman'). Thank you from Asatru shaman The Völve
It is an amazing building with a rich history, and I really hope to be able to stay there one day, but I too have doubts about it being economically viable. Maybe retirement condos like Trinity Terrace in Ft Worth, but I just can't imagine what could be done to sustainably draw enough business to be profitable.
@ashareetip Not weird at all. First off, the swastika you see is not in the traditional sense of a "Nazi" swastika. The Nazi swastika has it's arms bent facing toward the right. The one at the Baker is facing to the left. The symbol has been around for thousands of years in many different cultures. The Nazi's adopted the symbol and forever corrupted it's use. At the time the Baker Hotel was built, the symbol was viewed by many people as a good luck charm.
I've been in here before, a few years back. It was sad to see such a beautiful building in such a state. That Swastika tile in Bakers bathroom I found odd, just the general Germanic style to his room in general. The Bavarian art work on the ceiling, the woodwork. The basement I almost got lost in, now they have bars up on the opening. And what is that little door in the closet? Was it a secret booze cabinet?
Wow all my years I lived at home and lived in the funeral home across the street, and never ever have I been inside. I would love to see this become the greatest restoration in history! Beautiful and sad. Kevin whats going on with the process, did it cease?
I would really like to be able to take a tour through this place if at all possible. I have a family history connected with this city. I am named after Doc Milling that ran the Milling Sanitarium also in mineral wells. I am also very fascinated with old abandoned buildings in general and this seems like the jackpot. I guess its like a walk back in time. If any one knows how I could get a tour before its re-done PLEASE let me know.
I lived in mineral wells in 1966.I lived the road going to palo pinto.It was a small three room hose,a plain jane looking house.The house was and i imagine is still haunted,or where the house stood,there should be some paranormal activity there.I do not believe that if the house was torn down or not,but the land where it sat,would still be active.
@@willythegman5509 OMG why didn't I recognize it when I first saw it????? Maybe disbelief? And it's in the tile Deliberately. His support of the Nazi party? My parents were married there so very long ago. I can't imagine that they had any idea that it was owned by what I'm thinking was a Nazi sympathizer.
@@willythegman5509 I wasn't being sarcastic. More shaken than anything, but I thought at first it may be but there was something off on it. That's why I asked. It's going the wrong direction--though even the shape we're most familiar with has similar forms in other religions and cultures, none representing the evil we associate with it being a Nazi symbol. I just couldn't believe that it was the Nazi symbol. I think my parents would have been aware if Mr. Baker was a Nazi sympathizer since Dad was stationed at Camp Wolters in Mineral (referred to as Venereal) Wells by some of the military I guess. They certainly wouldn't have gone there after they got married for their honeymoon. I sent the link and the frame location to my brother who hadn't recalled the story of them being married there, but he pointed out that it was "rotating' counter clockwise, not clockwise like a Nazi swastika would.
My family vacationed there every year since before I was born in 1952 until it closed. I want to find out how to be on the 1st wave when it opens to being my family.
Great video! I love it and the Baker Hotel. I hope they do restore it but it looks like it will take alot of money. Alot of money the investors will want back.
As much as I love this old building, I don't see it ever being restored. Current efforts are too little, too late. Decades of deferred exterior maintenance have turned the structure into a 14-story, indoor waterfall, and thus a mold trap (see more recent videos posted by various "explorers".) Asbestos abatement may also be a major expense, one that has doomed many otherwise worthy restoration efforts. Add to that the expense of bringing antiquated electrical and mechanical systems up to current code for human occupancy. The Baker also suffers due to the non-sequitur of being so opulent a structure in such modest surroundings. It amazes me that it was economically viable for as long as it was.
Such a beautiful piece of our history. ive lived in Mineral wells most of my life and ive always wanted to go in there, but being a nursing student now i cant jeopardize my career with a record if the police were to catch me. i want to take a tour so badly. also, WHAT IS UP WITH THE SWASTIKA IN MR BAKERS SUITE? THAT IS SO WEIRD!!
SOMEONE SHOULD PUT TOGETHER GUIDED WALK-THRUs OF THE BAKER HOTEL, SOMEONE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF ITS HISTORY, COMPLETE WITH GHOST STORIES, NOTED CELEBRITIES WHO VISITED, ETC. THAT SOMEONE SHOULD POINT OUT ITS ORIGIN AND STORY COMPLETE TO THE VERY END. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS PLACE. MONEY COULD BE MADE IN THE WHOLE TOWN JUST FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO SEE IT. YES, IT NEEDS SOME TIDYING UP, BUT MAYBE THE LOCAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY COULD HELP DO THAT OR EVEN PROBATIONERS WHO ARE GIVEN COMMUNITY SERVICE COULD EARN THEIR HOURS HELPING CLEAN UP. I THINK ANYONE WHO SEES THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING SITTING VACANT WOULD BE HEARTBROKEN. ALSO, IF THERE WERE GUIDED TOURS THERE MIGHT BE LESS CHANCE OF VANDALISM.
Such a beautiful place! Restore it, and I'll be a guest there for sure... just to get away. I'll be happy to stay there even with all the ghosts! I'll drink a drink for them all! Ha ha!
@KevinWPruitt This has long been part of my evil plan to goad some rich person(s) into doing the same. Personally, I have always believed in the long game. It has taken a long time, but yes, it is working out. Good to hear from you.
Thank you so much for this video. It is going to be restored?? So many murders?? as per one comment.. Just saw one video, left me curious, but then when got to this video, Much better update.. At 8:40, just shows how huge the Hotel is .
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I used to be a tour guide for Jayne Catrett 1995-2003. Forgive me if I find it hard to believe someone actually plans to restore the Baker, when I have heard this so many times before. We can wish fo rit, but it is not likely to happen in this town before the old hotel degenrates to a collapsable state.
@sasha6261 search for a channel called "the proper people" and you will find your answer....only people who seem to be doing anything with it now are the homeless sadly. i only found this video after i watched the one i told you about and it breaks my heart!
@smalltownkid2004 Then please tell us how turning it back into a hotel makes sense?? If there's something in this town that I don't know about that would draw in enough tourists to make it a profitable venture then I don't know about it. The simple fact of the matter is either the building would have to be turned into a tourist attraction itself or something VERY BIG would have to come to town if neither of those happen taking on this place for a motel would be financial suicide.
ive been inside the baker possibly 50 times durrring the day and night and have never had a run in with the police while doing so no cops watch this place
Turning it back into just a motel won't make sense. To be honest there really isn't anything in this town that warrants a stay in a place like that at all. IMO it's only hope is to be turned into a casino of some kind. I know they talked about tearing it down years ago but from what I heard it's too sturdy and they would have to destroy many of the surrounding buildings in the process. But that's just what I heard.
is it even still standing? i seen a video of the inside last night and its disgusting! i suggest anyone reading my comment in the year 2019 go watch "the proper people" video on the baker hotel
all this talk about a casino is bull crap.. casinos are illegal in texas, so i think its highly unlikely of that possibility. i think it would be neat to reopen it as a hotel, or maybe even make it into apartment homes.
just like the SS United States, got donations and still sitting and rotting in the harbor, nothing done. I think it is a scam, take the money and run!!!!!
Here we are in 2024. The building may have windows but it is merely a shell with every floor except the first three totally ruined with no heating water Our sewage pipes operating. Total waste of money. I predict it will be imploded within five years.
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Thank you for all your doing! Our old buildings need to be restored the beauty and architecture is amazing can't wait to see it finished. I live in Ohio, but may have to come to Texas just to see The Baker!
The group doing the proposed work to open it back to a resort hotel/spa have done at least 3 financial studies on the area, plus countless other inspections to gather info on cost versus income potential. Every one of the studies have come back positive. These guys know what they are doing and have done it before.
6 years later now and........
NOTHING!!!
can't have been that much of a goer eh!!
Will never be restored, would take about 50 years to just break even.
Keep restoring! All historic buildings...deserve to be preserved.
I grew up in MW and enjoyed the Baker along with it's Brazos Club & swimming pool many times. Going to Sunday lunch after church during the '50s was living in "high cotton" for us. High School graduation party was in that top floor Ballroom 1968. Commentary about where "the guy sat to watch the crowd" actually refers to the bandstand. Thanks for fascinating look at the tower interior, including elevator motors. Very much look forward to staying there one of these days.
Neat! They are supposed to be restoring an old hotel in Tampa called The Floridan in a similar fashion. Its restoration seems to get all gummed up from time to time though. I am not sure that they ever finished it.
What a beautiful old place! So glad you are helping it come alive again.
I sincerely hope that this building gets restored. It's an historical sight. I remember seeing it as a youngster (65 years ago) and the Crazy Water also.
To Kevin Pruitt, thanks so much for the beautiful clip of the interior of the Baker. She may be a little faded & much need of repair...but her charm is a sparkling as ever. I, too, grew up in MW & my dad's photo shop was across the street. I visited the Baker almost daily back then, eating lunch in the sandwich shop, going to the bowling alley in the basement with my dad & even riding the elevator to the top & back for fun as all the staff knew me,
A Beautiful Hotel that is crying out to be restored to its grandeur. The potential beauty is easily envisionaged.
my grandmother and her 2 sisters (in their 90's now) used to tell me stories about staying at the Baker and I grew up in MW so this is exciting!! My family and I are definitely going to stay there whenever it is finally ready. It is such a great idea considering this day and age seems to be all about health and wellness and I hope they bring it back as what it was all about in the beginning with the famed mineral water and it's mysterious healing and wellness capabilities... KUDOS!!!!
Amazing!! I have only seen the outside and plan on going back soon (I live in Euless) to take more pictures. I would love to see the inside, it is just so sad to see the damage that has been caused by time and vandals. I am in the hospitality industry and love the history behind old hotels. I really hope that she can be salvaged after so many years of neglect.
We lived in Mineral Wells but I was born in Ft. Worth, in 1968. My mom loved Mineral Wells. I have no memory of it because we moved to Louisiana in 1972. I've always been facinated with the Baker and wanted to go there. It would be really cool if they restored it.
Wow. I am so glad to see that this beautiful building is going to be restored back to it's full glory.
I am very excited. I discovered the hotel a year ago on the internet. I would love to stay here. I will keep hoping and getting excited. I hope they are able to keep the old elevators perhaps even hire opperators. even if they aren't I still want to stay here. Good luck and thanks for the video.
I've only been there once, but it was at night so we weren't able to see all of the structure. You can tell it was beautiful in it's hayday; still is. Thanks so much for putting this up! I'm excited about seing the end results!
First, get all the roofs and the windows and exterior areas sealed up. As seen on "The Proper People" channel video, there is some serious water entering from above and flowing down through the floors of the building.
Yeah, Texans can pull this off!
Arlington in hot springs looks alot like it. Its still in use today
RejecteD Jeepers the arlington was built by the same architect and was the inspiration for the baker
I have stay in the Arlington it is beautiful inside
Watch it from the proper people, they covered both hotels
What an awesome video!! I have been in love with this place since 2004. I have only seen pictures, so this video makes it more real to me!! I am so excited that she is being restored and I cannot wait to take my family there to see it!! Thank you for this video!!
I drove through Mineral Wells when I was driving from Stephenville to Wichita Falls earlier this year. This building immediately caught my interest. I would really like to kick around this old building sometime. Only thing is, you have to sneak in to catch a glimpse of all this beauty. Bravo on the video and I am really looking forward to the next one
What luck you got to go see the old hotel. Thank you for posting and sharing it with us. It would be awesome if they really do restore it.
I loved some of the shots you got. You have a good camera eye. Very nice video! Thanks again for sharing it with us.
from the very first time I laid eyes on the Baker Hotel, I fell in love..I have a sense that I lived there once....and I would give anything to work on this lovely lady!
I grew up close to the Baker. I liked thid video. I went to a New Yrs Party that was hekd in the bottom floor of the Baker. It was so fun! it was back in the 90s I dont know if they still do that or not. Nothing beats the Baker as a symnol of a forgotten time
Oh, I do hope the Baker will be restored sometime soon. It would be amazing.
ive never been to texas but im so fascinated by this hotel, I hope it get restored soon! so excited to checked in :)
They said on June 29th 2019 it will be open in 3 years
I drove all the way from Arlington Texas with some friends one night to go inside. I was in tat ball room and the bell tower. Place is amazing.
This came out really nice. Thanks for actually putting me in part of it, lol. Ready for the project to get started.
I grew up close to the Baker. I liked thid video. I went to a New Yrs Party that was hekd in the bottom floor of the Baker. It was so fun! it was back in the 90s I dont know if they still do that or not. Nothing beats the Baker as a symnol of a forgot time
I imagine it's going through so bureaucratic tape of some sort at the moment, as far as I know it's still going to be restored. I'd love to see this beauty of a building restored. I drive by it en route to our ranch west of town and every time I wonder what it looked like in its hay-day. When it gets restored I'd love to be able to stay in it ;)
At 6:18 freeze frame...Whoa ! That was in Mr Baker's suite ? Awesome Video...liked it so much I subscribed !
The Real Deal Listen up yea what’s up with that swastika???
The symbol the Nazis called the swastica is very old. It was used by ancient people in Tibet. And it is a design found in Hopi American Indian art. It represented simply the wheel of time (eternity).
The hotel was built in the 1920s, long before the Nazis tried to co-opt it.
Man I live some where else now, but when i was a kid i use to run around that place. I loved the Baker Hotel. The useful of it restored is none tho last time i was there to put a reef on my dads headstone the place was way way dead. the Wal-mart looked like ours does here at 3 am
Hi, I see several ITC spirit manifestations in the video - for instance the two figures manifesting to the left at 2:14. Also at 4:43 a male and a female are manifesting on the wall.
Instrumental Trans-dimensional Communication, a well-described paranormal phenomenon. Not negative as long as we respect the old ancestors, those who came before us. And remember, the Internet is a dimension in itself.
I also have caught EVP in Danish language, audible clearly at 0.5x video speed 6:35 'I Danmark, der bor en Völve' ('In Denmark lives an Asatru shaman').
Thank you from Asatru shaman The Völve
It is an amazing building with a rich history, and I really hope to be able to stay there one day, but I too have doubts about it being economically viable.
Maybe retirement condos like Trinity Terrace in Ft Worth, but I just can't imagine what could be done to sustainably draw enough business to be profitable.
@ashareetip Not weird at all. First off, the swastika you see is not in the traditional sense of a "Nazi" swastika. The Nazi swastika has it's arms bent facing toward the right. The one at the Baker is facing to the left. The symbol has been around for thousands of years in many different cultures. The Nazi's adopted the symbol and forever corrupted it's use. At the time the Baker Hotel was built, the symbol was viewed by many people as a good luck charm.
I've been in here before, a few years back. It was sad to see such a beautiful building in such a state. That Swastika tile in Bakers bathroom I found odd, just the general Germanic style to his room in general. The Bavarian art work on the ceiling, the woodwork. The basement I almost got lost in, now they have bars up on the opening. And what is that little door in the closet? Was it a secret booze cabinet?
May not be Nazi Swastika at all - rotation is wrong way. Lots of other cultures have used similar symbols.
His name was Elmer Jeffcoats. He gave me the tour about the same time. Spent two separate days going top to bottom of the hotel. Great Time!
Would it be cheaper to get an architect to copy the layout of the building, demolish it then rebuild it on a smaller scale?
You should see it today . 65 million dollar in progress .its beautiful .
Wow all my years I lived at home and lived in the funeral home across the street, and never ever have I been inside. I would love to see this become the greatest restoration in history! Beautiful and sad.
Kevin whats going on with the process, did it cease?
Excellent video!! TY
i agree to restore the baker hotel because that is so nice and historical thumbs up, if you agree to restore it. and thumbs down if you are not
Great and through job!
Minerals wells is so proud of it that even in its current state is a photo of in on the daily newspaper
I would really like to be able to take a tour through this place if at all possible. I have a family history connected with this city. I am named after Doc Milling that ran the Milling Sanitarium also in mineral wells. I am also very fascinated with old abandoned buildings in general and this seems like the jackpot. I guess its like a walk back in time. If any one knows how I could get a tour before its re-done PLEASE let me know.
I lived in mineral wells in 1966.I lived the road going to palo pinto.It was a small three room hose,a plain jane looking house.The house was and i imagine is still haunted,or where the house stood,there should be some paranormal activity there.I do not believe that if the house was torn down or not,but the land where it sat,would still be active.
I hope they save it!
What was the significance of the design on the floor of Mr. Baker's bathroom (Frame 618)?
It was a nazi swaschite
@@willythegman5509 OMG why didn't I recognize it when I first saw it????? Maybe disbelief? And it's in the tile Deliberately. His support of the Nazi party? My parents were married there so very long ago. I can't imagine that they had any idea that it was owned by what I'm thinking was a Nazi sympathizer.
Rachaelbetty1 is this sarcastic
@@willythegman5509 I wasn't being sarcastic. More shaken than anything, but I thought at first it may be but there was something off on it. That's why I asked. It's going the wrong direction--though even the shape we're most familiar with has similar forms in other religions and cultures, none representing the evil we associate with it being a Nazi symbol. I just couldn't believe that it was the Nazi symbol. I think my parents would have been aware if Mr. Baker was a Nazi sympathizer since Dad was stationed at Camp Wolters in Mineral (referred to as Venereal) Wells by some of the military I guess. They certainly wouldn't have gone there after they got married for their honeymoon. I sent the link and the frame location to my brother who hadn't recalled the story of them being married there, but he pointed out that it was "rotating' counter clockwise, not clockwise like a Nazi swastika would.
My family vacationed there every year since before I was born in 1952 until it closed. I want to find out how to be on the 1st wave when it opens to being my family.
Great video! I love it and the Baker Hotel. I hope they do restore it but it looks like it will take alot of money. Alot of money the investors will want back.
That's actually the sun bouncing off of windshields from Hwy 180 which runs right in front of the building. Those flashes happen all the time.
I think it would make one of the best haunted house buildings ever
I've been in the lobby and the elevator, like 2 years ago. Please keep the old appliances, to keep it's old memories? :)
As much as I love this old building, I don't see it ever being restored. Current efforts are too little, too late. Decades of deferred exterior maintenance have turned the structure into a 14-story, indoor waterfall, and thus a mold trap (see more recent videos posted by various "explorers".) Asbestos abatement may also be a major expense, one that has doomed many otherwise worthy restoration efforts. Add to that the expense of bringing antiquated electrical and mechanical systems up to current code for human occupancy. The Baker also suffers due to the non-sequitur of being so opulent a structure in such modest surroundings. It amazes me that it was economically viable for as long as it was.
Such a beautiful piece of our history. ive lived in Mineral wells most of my life and ive always wanted to go in there, but being a nursing student now i cant jeopardize my career with a record if the police were to catch me. i want to take a tour so badly. also, WHAT IS UP WITH THE SWASTIKA IN MR BAKERS SUITE? THAT IS SO WEIRD!!
SOMEONE SHOULD PUT TOGETHER GUIDED WALK-THRUs OF THE BAKER HOTEL, SOMEONE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF ITS HISTORY, COMPLETE WITH GHOST STORIES, NOTED CELEBRITIES WHO VISITED, ETC. THAT SOMEONE SHOULD POINT OUT ITS ORIGIN AND STORY COMPLETE TO THE VERY END. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS PLACE. MONEY COULD BE MADE IN THE WHOLE TOWN JUST FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO SEE IT. YES, IT NEEDS SOME TIDYING UP, BUT MAYBE THE LOCAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY COULD HELP DO THAT OR EVEN PROBATIONERS WHO ARE GIVEN COMMUNITY SERVICE COULD EARN THEIR HOURS HELPING CLEAN UP. I THINK ANYONE WHO SEES THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING SITTING VACANT WOULD BE HEARTBROKEN. ALSO, IF THERE WERE GUIDED TOURS THERE MIGHT BE LESS CHANCE OF VANDALISM.
I've been following this for some time now - what's the progress..?
My instinct says it's pretty darn haunted. I hope they restore it so I can visit.
Such a beautiful place! Restore it, and I'll be a guest there for sure... just to get away. I'll be happy to stay there even with all the ghosts! I'll drink a drink for them all! Ha ha!
When do you think it will be restored, how many years?
Expected to open in 2022, or earlier!
3-2-19, still nothing.
They're rolling now! Started with windows. They're posting videos as they go.
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aTallGuyNH yes I live in Mineral Wells and excited it’s coming along.
They have begun restoration work a while ago now!
@@tacocat1714 yes I know. Look at the date I posted this.
@@Fairlady350Z i’m just saying
The Baker will never be restored and there's no such thing as ghosts- two natural facts in this world. Hope this helps.
And yet it IS being restored...
@KevinWPruitt This has long been part of my evil plan to goad some rich person(s) into doing the same.
Personally, I have always believed in the long game.
It has taken a long time, but yes, it is working out.
Good to hear from you.
my sister got married in the baker hotel in 2001 :) no joke... it was very interesting
Incredible
Thank you so much for this video. It is going to be restored?? So many murders?? as per one comment.. Just saw one video, left me curious, but then when got to this video, Much better update.. At 8:40, just shows how huge the Hotel is .
1:35 i'm guessing that is an evp
what ever happend to jane cattrick the queen of the baker hotel she was trying to get it restored over 5 years ago.
miss her
scott from gulf shores
Perhaps they could get HGTV or DIY to make a series of the restoration and get sponsors, I’d watch it. Shame to see it go.
It’s not being demolished, they’re renovating it
About 3 Years Ago Me And My sister Went To Minerel Wells To Visit _We Only Live About 60 Miles From There /We Had Always Been Amazed By Its History /And Where Going About Every 3 Months /A Few Times To The Ghost Walk Tour /Anyway One Particular Time We Decided To Go We Decided To Go Beyond The Gate / My Sister Had My Neice In Her Stroller / We Had Seen A Group Of Teenagers Back There /Probably Just As Curious As We Were About The Place / All Of A Sudden We See This Police Car And And A Scream /Get Out Of There Now /It Was A Women Cop Very Hateful And Asking Us For Are Name And License /Told Us That They Could Take Us To Jail For Tresspassing / She Had Called The Police Station /It Was Just Ridiculous / By The Way There Was No Tresspassing Sign In Sight
I used to be a tour guide for Jayne Catrett 1995-2003. Forgive me if I find it hard to believe someone actually plans to restore the Baker, when I have heard this so many times before. We can wish fo rit, but it is not likely to happen in this town before the old hotel degenrates to a collapsable state.
That was 9myears ago are they going to do anything?
@sasha6261 search for a channel called "the proper people" and you will find your answer....only people who seem to be doing anything with it now are the homeless sadly. i only found this video after i watched the one i told you about and it breaks my heart!
Renovation is now in process.
@smalltownkid2004 Then please tell us how turning it back into a hotel makes sense?? If there's something in this town that I don't know about that would draw in enough tourists to make it a profitable venture then I don't know about it. The simple fact of the matter is either the building would have to be turned into a tourist attraction itself or something VERY BIG would have to come to town if neither of those happen taking on this place for a motel would be financial suicide.
That's like a one person sauna. You'd sit in the chair with your head sticking out, but the rest of you is in the steam.
@gabriel m. The sad reason they closed it is because there were so many murders but I agree to restore it though
room at 1:05 i am pretty sure that was the room where there was a ghost walking
Is the crazy water still there?
lon brooks yes it is, they still sell Mineral water to the public.
6:18 okayyyy
Wtf! 😂
This is amazing footage, but crap, what were they thinking with some of the color choices? lol
SubmnL it was built in the 20’s... lol
😂😂😂
Silent Hill music? You have my respect, sir.
I'd love to be an investor!!
@featherinmw Your message to me is blank. Did you intend to say something?
This place will never be restored. The price to fully restore the hotel is 64 million dollars.
ive been inside the baker possibly 50 times durrring the day and night and have never had a run in with the police while doing so
no cops watch this place
ten year later, nothing done, can it be made into a historical site and fixed up??????
~Tiffany Key, class of '99
Yes, restore the hotel. I will add new jobs and new beauty to American.
Turning it back into just a motel won't make sense. To be honest there really isn't anything in this town that warrants a stay in a place like that at all.
IMO it's only hope is to be turned into a casino of some kind. I know they talked about tearing it down years ago but from what I heard it's too sturdy and they would have to destroy many of the surrounding buildings in the process. But that's just what I heard.
1:12
To all the naysayers, please see busboy's comment below...why so much skepticism? Some people just don't like to entertain the notion of progress...
Way more than 54 million dollars of work.
is it even still standing? i seen a video of the inside last night and its disgusting! i suggest anyone reading my comment in the year 2019 go watch "the proper people" video on the baker hotel
Yes it is still standing... they are actually restoring it now and I believe is suppose to be done in 2022
54 million remodel it. No way this happens.
I could make a GREAT start with an 80 dollar quarter ounce, and $350 in Dollar Store Windex and paper towels...
Making condos out of it would possibly be the only way to make a profit..
cops dont watch this place at all i go in it all the time and have never been come a cop going in or out of the hotel
The next time you see the Baker Hotel on "You Tube" it will be imploding demolition
Probably sooner than later.
Nope.
9 years later you all still haven’t done shit to it smfh it’s basically about to fall in on it’s self now
www.nbcdfw.com/entertainment/the-scene/Developers-of-Historic-Baker-Hotel-Reveal-65M-Restoration-Plans-511526621.html
@@KevinWPruitt
Thank you for the link. Very exciting story and video. 👍
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all this talk about a casino is bull crap.. casinos are illegal in texas, so i think its highly unlikely of that possibility. i think it would be neat to reopen it as a hotel, or maybe even make it into apartment homes.
Wont ever happen, they have been talking for years and still nothing.
+D BEARDENFORD It's going to happen.
It'll be a while.
just like the SS United States, got donations and still sitting and rotting in the harbor, nothing done. I think it is a scam, take the money and run!!!!!
Here we are in 2024. The building may have windows but it is merely a shell with every floor except the first three totally ruined with no heating water Our sewage pipes operating. Total waste of money. I predict it will be imploded within five years.
Lol it never happened.. went by there yesterday 4/23/2017 and it's still boarded up and structurally unsound. needs to be bulldozed to the ground