The Hotel Limpia

Visitors to Fort Davis in 1884 found a hotel quite different from The Hotel Limpia as it stands today.

The original structure, opened on May 31, 1884 by James Kebbee, was built of red brick and located in what was and is still called New Town, just outside the Old Fort Davis grounds.

When the Old Fort (a post-Civil War outpost, now Fort Davis National Historic Site) was abandoned, the town of Fort Davis almost closed down and the original "Limpia Hotel" became a private residence during the 1890's.

In mid-1912 the Union Trading Company, which was owned by local stockholders J.W. Espy, J.P. Weatherby, and Nick Mersfelder, purchased land from Daniel Murphy for a building site for a new hotel.

Murphy had acquired the land from Pedro Guano, who had been deeded the land in return for service in the Army of the Republic of Texas.

Construction of the hotel began the same year under the direction of Campbell and Bance Contractors. Both The Hotel Limpia and the Fort Davis State Bank were built by Campbell and Bance.

Built in 1912, The Hotel Limpia is a restored historic hotel located in the Davis Mountains of southwest Texas in mile-high Fort Davis.
P.O. Box 1838; Ft. Davis, TX 79734
For general information call 1-800-662-5517