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NELSON HOTEL

Historical marker, 1991

NELSON HOTEL

EARLY CELINA SETTLER RICHARD

TINSLEY PETERMAN BUILT THIS

STRUCTURE IN 1914, TWELVE YEARS

AFTER THE TOWN MOVED FROM ITS

ORIGINAL SITE (1 MI. S) TO THE RAIL-

ROAD LINE. THE BUILDING ORIGINALLY

HOUSED A GROCERY STORE ON THE

GROUND FLOOR AND RENTAL SPACE

ON THE SECOND FLOOR. CHARLIE

SPERGON NELSON, WHO MOVED HIS

FAMILY TO CELINA IN 1917, BOUGHT

THE PROPERTY I 1922. THE FAMILY

LIVED ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND

OPERATED THE NELSON HOTEL FOR

RAILROAD TRAVELERS ON THE SECOND

FLOOR. THE HOTEL REMAINED IN

OPERATION UNDER NELSON FAMILY

OWNERSHIP UNTIL 1976.

Celina

Places Index

Recommended citation: 
 "Nelson Hotel - Places, COLLIN COUNTY HISTORY," Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc.

Last modified: July 11, 2009