| Shared from: DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University. For additional details from source see http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/jtx/id/1083/rec/4 |
Barrate's Restaurant was on the corner of E Elizabeth shown here from 13th St looking toward Miller Hotel. The restaurant was severely damaged by a hurricane in 1867 at which the business was relocated to Indianola and was again destroyed by a hurricane in 1875.
From stereograph by Louis de Planque, ca. 1866. Source: Jerry Thompson and Lawrence T. Jones III, Civil War and Revolution on the Rio Grande Frontier: A Narrative and Photographic History (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 2004)
Source webpage suggests that part of tall building behind Miller Hotel still exists but that is no longer the case. A new building was buillt on site in early 1990s (see Google maps image below).
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