Starlite Cafe and Adams Hotel/Barber’s Book Store – Throckmorton

155 901 Throckmorton Street (also listed as 215 W Eighth Street), Starlite Cafe and Adams Hotel/Barber’s Book Store, c. 1910; c. 1935. Built about 1910 to house the Starlite Cafe on the ground floor and the Adams Hotel above, this stucco on brick building was remodeled in the mid-1930s when a black artificial marble base, aluminum trim, and decorative grilles were added. Through the years it has housed a variety of businesses including the New Phoenix Hotel, the Amon Hotel, a loan company, and Barber’s Book Store.

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