Southern Hotel (Llano, Texas) Explained

Southern Hotel
Designated Other1:RTHL
Designated Other1 Date:1981
Designated Other1 Number:9455
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Locmap Relief:yes
Coordinates:30.7503°N -98.6764°W
Location:201 W. Main St.
Llano, Texas
Architecture:Second Empire
Added:October 10, 1979
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:79002992

The Southern Hotel in Llano, Texas was erected circa 1881 by stonemasons J. K. Finlay and John Goodman in the Second Empire style for owner J.W. Owen. The hotel was built as a stagecoach stop between Mason and Burnet, later serving as a hotel and a boarding house.[1] Originally only a two-story building, a third floor was added when Colonel W.A.H. Miller bought the hotel in 1883. It was later renamed the Colonial Inn and ceased operations in the 1950s.[2]

It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1980, Marker number 9455,[3] and added to the National Register of Historic Places in Texas October 10, 1979.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Naylor, June. Texas Off the Beaten Path, 8th: A Guide to Unique Places. 2008. GPP Travel. 978-0-7627-4879-2. 82.
  2. Web site: Heckert-Greene. James B. Llano Texas. Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. 14 February 2011.
  3. Web site: THE-State Southern Hotel. Recorded Texas Historic Marker. Texas State Historical Commission. 14 February 2011.
  4. Web site: THC-Southern Hotel. National Register of Historic Places. Texas Historical Commission. 14 February 2011.