Discover Latham

When looking for a hotel in Latham, it helps to decide what you want to focus on during your stay: local history, historic architecture, or finding your way to specific destinations. These different interests offer distinct ways to get to know Latham and its named landmarks.

Local History and the Early Community

Latham was laid out in 1885. A county history from 1916 describes the early business community as including a hotel, a garage, a livery business, a creamery, churches, schools, and a newspaper. The year 1885 marks the laying out of the town; 1916 is the year of the historical account. This keeps the town’s founding and the later account clear as two distinct dates. The list brings together different aspects of community life at the time: commerce and transportation alongside education, religion, and local reporting. Latham was also on a branch line of the Frisco Railroad; this transportation connection adds another facet to the town’s history alongside its local institutions. This gives you a way to understand the early community, commerce, and transportation, rather than focusing on just one building.

Buildings and Their Design

The Rock Creek Stone Arch Bridge is a single-arch stone bridge over Rock Creek. It is located on Satchell Creek Road near Latham and was built by C. C. Jamison. “Single-arch” describes its design, while “stone” identifies the material. Rock Creek is the stream the bridge crosses; Satchell Creek Road is its stated road location. This lets you distinguish the bridge’s design, the waterway it crosses, and its location. If you are interested in historic structures, its design and the named builder offer two specific points of interest.

The Ellet Schoolhouse Museum is housed in a one-room schoolhouse built by Co. Ellet in the 1880s. The builder’s name and the decade add specific historical details to the type of building. “One-room schoolhouse” describes the building’s form, whereas “single-arch” describes the stone bridge’s construction. These examples make it easy to distinguish two different architectural terms. If building history matters to you, the comparison offers a clear point of reference: one room in the schoolhouse, one arch in stone.

Finding the Lake and Bridge

Butler State Fishing Lake is 3 miles west and 1 mile north of Latham. Both directions are needed to locate the lake relative to the town. For the Rock Creek Stone Arch Bridge, Rock Creek and Satchell Creek Road provide named location references. This difference is useful for navigation: the lake is described by distance and compass directions, while the bridge is described by a waterway and a road. When looking at the destinations on a map, you have not only their names but also two different kinds of location information.

A Note for Meal Planning

The Latham Saloon lists breakfast, lunch, and dinner from Monday through Saturday. Take the stated days into account when planning your meals, and check before your trip whether this service is currently offered.

Discover more destinations: Andover, Augusta, El Dorado.

For the broader travel overview: Butler.