Mobley Hotel

In 1916, Henry Mobley opened the hotel. Most of its guests came from the nearby railway station. Mobley capitalized on the local oil boom by renting out rooms for 8-hour periods coinciding with the oil fields' shift.

In 1919, Conrad Hilton purchased the hotel for $40,000, marking his first hotel acquisition. Hilton emphasized a philosophy of minimum cost and maximum comfort, which he referred to as "minimax." Hilton sold the hotel in 1929. Unfortunately, during the Depression, the hotel fell into disrepair. In 1956, it was repurposed as a senior citizens' home. Later, in 1977, the hotel was transformed into a memorial museum for Hilton.^[2]