The Antlers Hotel is a hotel and resort built in 1901 by Austin and Northwestern Railroad on the Colorado River in Kingsland in Llano County in Central Texas. After a short break, The Antlers closed in 1923 and fell into a collapse. It was finally raised by a couple from Austin, Texas, and reopened in 1996.
The Victorian structure is central to what has become the historic railway district. Other railway buildings have been added, including a depot and three caboose painted brightly on the actual rails that have also been modified for use as guest accommodation. The transformation continues every time an additional structure of an old rail authenitc is sometimes found, renovated and added to the resort. In 2002, The Antlers was designated as Historic Historical Texan of Texas, No. Marker. 15150.
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In 1892, Austin and the Northwestern Railroad built bridges across the Colorado River and depots in Kingsland to the south where the Colorado River meets the Llano River. The Antlers Hotel began in 1900 and opened on May 1, 1901. The framed newspaper that roamed around the hotel showed events on that date including a cross-country trip by US President William McKinley, who toured Austin by train on May 3, 1901. He killed in Buffalo, New York, a few months later on September 5th.
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The Antlers Hotel
The Antlers Hotel is referred to as part of the Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a new and fashionable railway resort that opened several years earlier. The Antlers are also named because Llano County is and remains a deer hunting area.
The hotel has all the modern conveniences of the day, including gas lights and telephones in the lobby. Owners think that electricity is a passing fashion. All camps have phones so guests can call orders to the hotel kitchen. The hotel has eleven rooms with extension capability for extra guests by placing a hammock on the wide veranda. The hotel is in the center of the campsite known as Campa Pajama which stretches to Lake Crescent, formed by a 1,000 foot key across the Colorado River. The key is then destroyed in the flood. LBJ Lake has since been renamed created in 1951 with the construction of Wirtz Dam.
Antlers Historic Railroad District
The area around the hotel has been designated as the historic railway district. Many buildings associated with the rail line are still in front of the hotel. To the west of the hotel is the bunkhouse used by the hotel staff and train crew. In the north of the bunkhouse is a small three-room cabin typical of several cabins placed around the property. The details of the hotel's architecture, bunkhouse and cabin show that everything is built at the same time. Across the street from the bunkhouse is the home of the Master Part who leads part of the railroad tracks. The house was purchased from the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1940s. The Kingsland Depot is right in front of the hotel between the main line and the sidewalks that are still there. On the grounds in front of the hotel, which is now Grand Central Cafe and Club Car Bar, there is a large wooden pavilion used for community dances and meetings.
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Recovery
The fire destroyed most of Kingsland in 1922, and the city fell into decline. The property was purchased in 1923 by the Barrow family in Austin, who used it as a private family retreat for seventy years until 1993, by which time the hotel itself had been damaged.
The hotel was purchased in 1993 by an Austinian couple who worked for more than two years in his restoration. It reopened on September 1, 1996, with Lori and Anthony Mayfield, the master carpenter in restoration, as a manager. In addition to the restored hotel, there are several renovated cabins, depots, and three colored cabooses (formerly from Norfolk and Western Railroad) which are also used as guest accommodations. There is also a conference room, and other buildings from the 20th century. This hotel has become a center of recovery and growth for the area. Although the hotel has been modernized, the original pot-bellied furnace remains in the dining room. The ceiling was twelve feet high, and there was a large staircase that added to the historic nature of its structure. Each room has a king-size bed, central air conditioning and heating. The Antlers is located on fifteen acres of land.
Previous Texas Chainsaw House
The Texas Chainsaw House (now the "Grand Central Cafe and Club Car Bar" restaurant) http://www.kingslandgrandcentral.com is a Victorian house now located in Hotel Antlers area and used in Texas Texas Mass Chain Massage during 1973, when it was still in its original location. The house then sits empty and falls into disrepair. In 1993 it was removed from the construction of La Frontera in Williamson County by the owners of the hotel. Once on the site it is widely renovated and converted into a restaurant.
References
External links
- Antlers Hotel and Historic Rail District
- Intersection House
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