Murray Hotel

Name: Murray Hotel
Address: 200 W Broadway Street, Silver City, NM, 88061, US
Telephone: +15759569400
Price range: $$

In the center of downtown Silver City, guests have a variety of interesting downtown views. The historic hotel has Queen Rooms, King Rooms and Suites.

09/04/2026

Old and new, leaving their mark together. We love seeing pieces of Murray history — like the original Murray Broiler boiler doors — find new purpose in the Branding Iron Restaurant.

09/02/2026

W.D. Murray in Central (AKA Santa Clara)

After a stint as a military telegraph operator at Fort Bayard and a few years as a clerk at the Government Trading Post, young Billy Murray's path shifted in 1893 when the government discontinued commissioning post traders. At just 23 years old, he opened a store in Central for his former employer, Harry A. Booth, and became Booth's partner a year later. By 1897, at 27, Murray was sole owner, running the growing business alongside his brother, James T. Murray.

That store — the Murray General Merchandise Store — became a lifeline for Fort Bayard and the Central Mining District. Even as Murray's business empire expanded to banking, telephone service, power, water, ranching, and eventually the hotel that would bear his name, he never let go of that first storefront. Long after building the Murray Hotel, he was still there — owner and manager of one of the oldest continuously operated stores in New Mexico.

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08/31/2026

On May 30, 1870, a handful of miners gathered at a cabin by the San Vicente ciénega and gave a new mining district its name: Silver City.

Just three days later, on June 2, 1870, a boy named Billy Murray was born more than 700 miles away in Fort Laramie, Wyoming — with no idea his life would one day be tied to that same stretch of New Mexico.

At age 10, Billy came west with his family, settling at Fort Selden near Radium Springs. In 1886, when his father was transferred to Fort Bayard, Billy took work there as a military telegraph operator — tapping out messages and witnessing a growing frontier. A year later, restless and enterprising, he opened his own store in Central, New Mexico.

It would be decades before the Murray was built in downtown Silver City — but the town and the man who'd build one of its landmarks were, it turns out, almost exactly the same age.

08/28/2026

I had the pleasure of meeting Sir Ryan this morning! 🐾

He's a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, and his interests are refreshingly simple: walks, pets, and probably snacks (though he'll never confirm the snacks part — very professional). Friendly, well-mannered, and honestly one of the highlights of my morning.

If you spot him out and about with his people, say hello — he's a Murray Hotel resident and one of our favorite furry four-footed regulars.

08/27/2026

The Murray Hotel is honored to host the Doña Ana Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution! DAR is a nonprofit, nonpartisan women's service organization founded in 1890, dedicated to historic preservation, education, and patriotism — with members nationwide tracing their lineage back to patriots of the American Revolution.
While you're here this weekend, take some time to explore the heart of downtown, where you can catch live music at The Toad, browse the antiques at Silver City Trading Co. or Manzanita Ridge, take in the local art scene, or grab a bite. Enjoy your stay!

08/26/2026

Branding Iron Construction Update 🚧🔥

Progress continues at the Branding Iron Restaurant and Lounge! This week's highlights: drywall is up, and the new stove hood has been installed in the kitchen — I'm not sure how they managed it! It's another big step toward a fully outfitted commercial kitchen as we count down to opening.

A big shoutout to J & S Plumbing and Heating LLC for their great work on this project! 🙌

Stay tuned for more behind-the-scenes progress!

08/25/2026

Grant County History: When Outlaws Ruled the Territory 🤠

Grant County was one of the wildest stretches of the New Mexico Territory — a mining and cattle frontier that rivaled Tombstone, Dodge City, and Deadwood for outlaw history. Attracting men who were hoping to strike gold, and men who could take from them!

A teenage Henry McCarty — later the infamous Billy the Kid — got his start here, arrested for petty theft by Grant County Sheriff Harvey Whitehill in 1875. Whitehill spent six terms taming the territory, at one point even hiring "Dangerous Dan" Tucker, a gunman with his own outlaw ties, as a deputy.

The county's most notorious case came in 1883, when a gang held up a Southern Pacific train near Gage — Whitehill tracked the robbers through the sale of a pack mule, then talked one suspect into ratting out the rest. Months later, the captured gang broke out of the Grant County Jail in a scramble for horses and freedom, guns drawn against a crowd of armed locals.

By the time the Murray Hotel rose over downtown Silver City in 1938, the frontier had settled into the town we know today — but the streets outside our doors are steeped in Wild West history.

08/21/2026

The Murray is excited to welcome Candace Smith as our new Director of Sales & Events! 🎉

Candace and her family moved to Cliff, NM in 2016 after 34 years in North Texas — Candace's extensive background in Customer Service and Sales, high energy and genuine passion for helping others, shows in her day to day life.

She has become a familiar, friendly face across Grant County and beyond. You've probably met her at a local event or heard "Candace from Cliff" on the Local Flavor segment on our community radio station KURU. As she puts it: "God gave me the gift of conversation and connecting with others."

Whether you have a need for lodging, are planning a Group Block or want to host an event in our Ballroom, do not hesitate to stop by the Murray or call. Candace is here to greet you with a smile and help however she can. As a lover of music, arts and community, you just might find her dancing in the background at your event.

Connect with Candace, 575.956.9400, option 2 Candace Smith

08/20/2026

Look who parked outside the Murray today

This adorable red pint-sized fire truck is a Japanese-market Daihatsu Hijet Kei fire truck — the real deal, right down to the ladder rack and municipal markings from its home department in Japan. Many of these little rigs spent their working lives with volunteer fire brigades before being retired and imported stateside as collector vehicles.

It may be a fraction of the size of an American fire truck, or even any American car, but it's got it's own personality with amazing parking potential — and today it made a very fitting stop in front of one of Silver City's own landmarks.

08/13/2026

Have you ever noticed how different the Murray looks compared to the buildings around it? It comes down to the style — Streamline Moderne — and the city that inspired it: El Paso.

In the mid-1930s, El Paso was in the middle of a real building boom, putting up some of the most impressive Art Deco and Moderne buildings in the Southwest — courthouses, commercial towers, civic landmarks defined by clean lines and modern materials. Silver City businessman W.D. Murray wanted the most modern hotel in the region, so he looked to that same city for his architect: Percy McGhee, an El Paso-based designer working right in the middle of that wave.

Streamline Moderne itself was a departure from typical decorated Art Deco style, it stripped things down: smooth walls, clean horizontal lines, curved corners, all borrowed from the speed and efficiency of trains, ships, and airplanes. Function was the beauty. That's what makes the Murray genuinely one of a kind for a town this size — nothing else downtown looks quite like it, because nothing else downtown was designed by an architect pulling directly from El Paso's cutting edge.

You can see it everywhere at the Murray:

🔹 The glass block tower — that vertical strip running down the front isn't just decorative. Glass block had only been introduced to the American public in 1933, at Chicago's World's Fair. Five years later, it was on the Murray's façade — possibly one of the earliest uses of the material in all of New Mexico.

🔹 Curves everywhere — step into the lobby and you'll see it in the details: rounded corners, sweeping lines, soft curves replacing hard.

🔹 Stained glass porticos — a quieter, more elegant touch that adds warmth and color to all that streamlined geometry.

Built in 1938, at five stories the Murray was the tallest building in town — a bold, modern statement as Silver City climbed out of the Great Depression.

📍 The Murray Hotel — Silver City's Streamline Moderne landmark since 1938, born from El Paso's cutting edge.

Address

200 W Broadway Street
Silver City, NM
88061

Telephone

+15759569400

Website

http://www.murray-hotel.com/

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