The Baker Hotel

baker-hotel_postcardLooking east on Commerce from Akard…

by Paula Bosse

Above, a postcard view of the stately Baker Hotel, located catty-corner from the Adolphus, at the southeast corner of Commerce and Akard — the view here is to the east on Commerce. The parking garage at the lower right looks like the swanky Nichols Bros. Garage (yes, “swanky” — see the 1945 ad here).

The Baker was not only home to well-heeled patrons and top-flight nightclub entertainment, it was also a home-away-from-home for celebrities passing through Dallas.

baker-hotel_cigarette-girl_this-week-in-dallas_dec-1956Cigarette girls in 1956

Built in 1925, the Baker Hotel was demolished in 1980. (Check out the photos by Frank Booth showing the Baker’s implosion in 1980, here.)

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