At the Northeast Corner of US 281 & Third St. – Marble Falls

The Roper Hotel is located at 707 Third Street in the city of Marble Falls, county of Burnet, in the U.S. State of Texas. It was erected circa 1888. The hotel was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1981, and added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Burnet County, Texas on January 8, 1980. The two-story structure was originally built by George and Elizabeth Roper. The building changed hands and names in 1926 and 1963, and is currently occupied by a medical clinic.

The era of the Central Hotel & Francis House (Francis Hotel)

W.F. Smith bought the Roper in 1926 and continued operating it under the name of “Central Hotel”. Smith sold to Birdie Smith in 1937 by which time the name had become “Francis House”.

The Changing Name

When I was growing up in Marble Falls the 60s it was alway referred to as the Francis Hotel.
I think when it was acquired and remodeled by Don and Michelle Gunn in the late 1970’s (? – May have been in the 80’s) is when the name Roper Hotel was once again used.