All were welcome at Fink's Hotel in Hallettsville

Fink’s Hotel was known far and wide as a place where people were never turned away, regardless of their ability to pay.

It has been said that Mr. and Mrs. A. Finkelstein always had a room in their hotel and a home-cooked meal for any who appeared at the door. From the richest dignitary to poorest hobo, the Finkelsteins made room for all – even those with no money to pay. According to a story in the Lavaca County Tribune on August 4, 1959, the old building that was once known as Fink’s Hotel, was soon to be razed…

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