BlockFrom the record
One of 5 National Register listings published here for Grimes County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
P. A. Smith Hotel
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Railroad St., Navasota, 77868
- When was it listed? April 1976
- Category. building
- Census division. Navasota
- National Register reference number. 76002036 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
55 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of P. A. Smith Hotel between 1995 and 2020, burning about 344 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 25300 STATE HIGHWAY 6 SOUTH |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UHAUL FIRE |
| 26 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOMETA RANCH |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 415 |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ILLEGAL BURN NFD ASSIST CR415 |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of P. A. Smith Hotel: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Navasota Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Navasota, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $100,000 | Strong damaging winds and wind gusts were observed across a large part of Grimes County in association with a large line of severe thunderstorms. The National Weather Service accompanied by the Grimes County emergency manager conducted a storm survey and found several areas with trees uprooted or snapped. In each case, trees were pushed down to the east or northeast and generally in the same direction as nearby damage. All observed damage was consistent with straight line downburst winds. A parked tractor trailer was blown over between Navasota and|Anderson along Highway 90. A hay barn was destroyed near the intersection of CR 211 and CR 215, about 3 miles ESE of Anderson, with debris blown toward the east. There were also trees down in Roans Prairie and Richards, again pointing eastward.|Some of the more significant damage occurred near the town of Shiro where several large trees were uprooted, some of which fell onto mobile homes. No injuries were reported. Other damage was observed in Navasota where trees and power lines were downed and doors were blown off at a fire station. In the Roans Prairie area, there was sign damage at a gas station, and trees were also downed. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $60,000 | Ticket booth at Navasota Raceway destroyed and prison barns sustained wind damage. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Navasota | $35,000 | Flooding across Navasota. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $30,000 | A few fences were knocked over and a metal roof was peeled off a feed store. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Navasota | $25,000 | Quarter sized hail along SH 6. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $25,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down and cattle feeder damaged at ranch. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $10,000 | Barn destroyed. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Navasota | $10,000 | Hail on FM 159. |
| December 1997 | Hail | Navasota | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew the metal roof off of a building in Navasota. Time of occurrence was estimated based on radar. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $5,000 | Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down across the city. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $5,000 | no account filed |
| December 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $3,000 | Spotter reported 60 mph winds. |
| February 2012 | Flash Flood | Navasota | $2,000 | FM 3090 was blocked due to high water. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Navasota | $2,000 | Heavy rainfall produced flash flooding in and around the community of Navasota. |
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | Navasota | $2,000 | Street flooding in Navasota. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $1,000 | Trees blown down southeast of Navasota. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | - | A trained storm spotter measured a 60 mph wind gusts from their personal weather station. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Navasota | - | Golf ball sized hail (some disc shaped) was reported. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Navasota | - | Flooding inundated roadways in Navasota. Road 515 at Highway 105 was covered with flood waters and impassable. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Navasota | - | Penny size hail reported at the Office of Emergency Management in Navasota. |
| June 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Navasota | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
3 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navasota Commercial Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1982 | |
 | Steele House | 0.3 miles | 1978 |
 | Foster House | 2.7 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76002036 in Record Group 79. |
| Grimes County | All 5 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.