page_title: Antlers Hotel (Kingsland, Texas)
section_title: Antlers Historic Railroad District
hierarchical_section_title: Antlers Hotel (Kingsland, Texas) / Antlers Historic Railroad District
caption_attribution_description: The red Caboose of the Antlers Hotel in Kingsland, TX.
context_page_description: The Antlers Hotel is a hotel and resort built in 1901 by the Austin and Northwestern Railroad on the Colorado River in Kingsland in Llano County in Central Texas. After a brief heyday, The Antlers closed in 1923 and fell into disrepair. It was eventually resurrected by a couple from Austin, Texas, and reopened in 1996.
  The Victorian structure is the centerpiece of what has become an historic railway district. Other railroad buildings have been added, among them a depot and three brightly painted cabooses setting on actual rails which have also been modified to serve as guest accommodations. The transformation continues whenever additional authentic old railroad structures are occasionally found, renovated and added to the resort. In 2002, The Antlers was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, Marker No. 15150.
context_section_description: The area around the hotel has been designated as an historic railroad district.  Many of the building relate to the rail lines that still exist in front of the hotel. To the west of the hotel is a bunkhouse that was used by hotel staff and train crews. Just north of the bunkhouse is a small three-room cabin that was typical of several cabins spaced around the property. The architectural details of the hotel, bunkhouse, and cabin indicate that all were built at the same time. Across the road from the bunkhouse is the house of the Section Master who presided over a section of the railroad. This house was bought from the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1940s. The Kingsland Depot was directly in front of the hotel between the main line and the sidetrack that still exist. In the field in front of the hotel, which is now the parking lot of the Grand Central Cafe and Club Car Bar, was a large wooden pavilion used for dances and community gatherings.
caption: Three cabooses were restored for special guest accommodations
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