{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name =Hotel Turkey | nrhp_type = | image = HotelTurkey (1 of 1).jpg | caption = Hotel Turkey | locmapin = Texas#USA | map_label = Hotel Turkey | locmap_relief = yes | location = Jct. of 3rd and Alexander Sts.<br />Turkey, Texas | coordinates = {{coord|34|23|38|N|100|53|51|W|display=inline,title}} | area = less than one acre | built = {{Start date|1927}} | architecture = Prairie School | added = October 24, 1991 | refnum=91001521<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> | designated_other1=RTHL | designated_other1_date=1985 | designated_other1_number=[http://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5191002575 2575] | designated_other1_num_position= bottom }} The '''Hotel Turkey''' is a historic hotel located in Turkey, Texas, United States that originally opened in 1927.<ref name=carmack>Carmack, Liz. [http://www.historictexashotels.com ''Historic Hotels of Texas''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310124150/http://historictexashotels.com/ |date=2009-03-10 }}, Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas, 2007. pp 129-131.</ref> The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 24, 1991.
The two-story reddish-brown brick Prairie School designed structure was built by H. B. Jordan to take advantage of the extension of the Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway to the town of Turkey. On June 12, 1927, the building was partially complete when a tornado leveled it. Construction resumed shortly thereafter, and Hotel Turkey opened for business in November 1927.<ref name=THC>[http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2091001521&site_name=Hotel+Turkey&class=2001 "Hotel Turkey" ''Texas Historic Sites Atlas''.] Retrieved Oct 4, 2009.</ref>
The hotel was located three blocks from the train depot and provided a meeting room to the traveling salesmen of the day to display their wares to the townspeople.<ref name=carmack/> The hotel also became a social center for the community as dances, banquets, and meetings of social and civic organizations took place in the dining room and lobby.<ref name=THC/>
The building has had several owners through the years but has operated continuously since it opened. In September 1988, Scott and Jane Johnson purchased and renovated Hotel Turkey. The hotel then had 14 patriotic, western or movie themed rooms such as the ''Gone with the Wind'' suite.<ref name=carmack/>
In July 2015, the Hotel Turkey was purchased and re-established by Pat and Tina Carson of Turkey. They have made numerous renovations and continue to do so.{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}}
The hotel traditionally hosts the musicians who come to Turkey for the annual Bob Wills Day celebration on the last Saturday in April. George W. Bush, while still governor of Texas, once stayed at the hotel.<ref name=carmack/>
==See also== {{Portal|National Register of Historic Places|Texas}} *National Register of Historic Places listings in Hall County, Texas *Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Hall County
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Texas}} {{Hall County, Texas}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Turkey, Hotel}} Category:1927 establishments in Texas Hotel Turkey Hotel Turkey Category:Hotels established in 1927 Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1927 Category:National Register of Historic Places in Hall County, Texas