Baker Hotel Marker

BAKER HOTEL MARKER, Benton and North Streets: Built prior to 1907, this building was originally a stick-built structure by blacksmith, liveryman, and mail carrier Lee Baker. The structure was rebuilt and enlarged to 26 bedrooms after a fire around 1914. During World War II, military service members and families from the Fort Leonard Wood boom lodged here. During the 1960s, the hotel was converted into apartments. The brick building was ravaged by fire in 1967 and again in 1969.