Some 
people may say I am 
obsessed, but I cannot get enough of the 
Casa Ricardo Hotel in 
Kingsville Texas by Kansas City Architect, Louis S. 
Curtiss. I dug a little deeper online and found some very old photos of the building.

View from the top of a train looking back at the 
Casa Ricardo entry gates and the courtyard of the hotel.

View from the 
Casa Ricardo Hotel balcony back towards the in-hotel, Harvey House 
Restaurant. You have to love the 
quintessential Louis 
Curtiss detailing of the ironwork in this photo.

View from the 
Casa Ricardo back to the hotel entry gate and the waiting train with the Kings Inn Theatre in the distance. The hipped roof train station, built in 1904 by the Saint Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railroad is visible to the right just beyond the train. This is the present location of the 
Louis S. Curtiss Mystery Urns.
 Casa
Casa Ricardo Hotel with soldiers circa World War I.

 Ricardo Hotel in the 1910's or 1920's judging from the Model T Ford.
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