Olde Park Hotel
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| Olde Park Hotel | |
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  Location within Texas | |
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| Type | Hotel |
| Location | Runnels County, 107 S. 6th Street, Ballinger, Texas, United States |
| Coordinates | 31°44′21″N 99°56′42″W / 31.7392°N 99.9451°W |
| Construction started | c. 1886 |
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The Olde Park Hotel is a bed and breakfast and tourist attraction located in Ballinger, Texas. Today's the Olde Park Hotel has seen various uses such as a schoolhouse, saloon, and hotel over its history but is today a bed and breakfast and event venue owned by the LaFave family.
The Olde Park Hotel, standing where it has since before Ballinger existed,[1] was built as a bunkhouse for railroad workers, but was sold in an auction in July 1886.[2][1]
In the hotel's life, it has been a schoolhouse, a hotel, and a saloon.[1]
The LaFave family owned the building for several years from 2016 through 2025, which led to the building being recognized for several things and projects being done to the building over time. The LaFave's coined the phrase "Bringing the building back to Life" which was referenced in a newspaper article in the Runnels County Register several years ago. They took on several projects over their years owning the building. They also introduced the building to being featured on television and in numerous newspaper articles. Any slanderous things being depicted or said about the LaFave family on here are unreliable and simply untrue being considered just heresay and would be dealt with legally. All owners of this great historical building should be noted and appreciated for all their contributions per their historical periods. The LaFave's have numerous supporters over the years who will verify and attest to their great years there at The Olde Park Hotel building. The LaFave family also appreciates all the good things that they Wandel family is doing with this old building.
In 2025, Chad and Leslie Wandel, the founders of the paranormal research team Ghost Geeks, bought the hotel to restore it to its original condition.[2]