Bill Text: TX HR981 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the Fredonia Hotel in Nacogdoches on its receipt of a 2019 Honor Award from Preservation Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-17 - Reported enrolled [HR981 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR981-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 981 |
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WHEREAS, The historic Fredonia Hotel in Nacogdoches received | ||
a 2019 Honor Award from Preservation Texas at a ceremony in Austin | ||
on February 27, 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, Selected by a jury of preservationists, the Honor | ||
Awards recognize successful efforts to save and preserve | ||
irreplaceable and historic buildings and places in the Lone Star | ||
State; the awards also honor individuals who contribute to the | ||
preservation of the state's heritage; and | ||
WHEREAS, Situated in one of the oldest and most historic | ||
towns in Texas, the Fredonia Hotel was the brainchild of Jack | ||
McKinney, who suggested to the local chamber of commerce the | ||
construction of a community-owned hotel to provide first-class | ||
accommodations for businesspeople and other travelers; the name | ||
"Fredonia" was proposed by four-year-old Susan McKinney; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Fredonia was built in 1955, centered around an | ||
ancient catalpa tree that once stood in its atrium; over the years, | ||
the hotel has hosted such famous guests as Elvis Presley, Colonel | ||
Sanders, Farrah Fawcett, and Amy Schumer, and today, it offers | ||
travelers more than 100 rooms in a variety of styles, as well as the | ||
popular Nine Flags Bar, the elegant Republic Steakhouse, and 1st | ||
City Café, which features farm-to-table southern cuisine; and | ||
WHEREAS, For nearly six and a half decades, the Fredonia | ||
Hotel has provided visitors to Nacogdoches with state-of-the-art | ||
accommodations while also representing the rich heritage of its | ||
community, and its management and staff may indeed take pride in | ||
this recognition of its special place in the history of the Lone | ||
Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate the Fredonia Hotel on its receipt | ||
of a 2019 Honor Award from Preservation Texas and extend to all | ||
those associated with the hotel sincere best wishes for continued | ||
success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the Fredonia Hotel as an expression of high regard by | ||
the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Clardy | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 981 was adopted by the House on April | ||
12, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||