Austin and Northwestern Railroad Historic District-Fairland to Llano

Roughly aolong RR tracks from Fairland to Llano, Kingsland, Texas. County/parish: Burnet.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 06, 1997. NRIS 97001161.

4 contributing buildings. 3 contributing sites. 43 contributing structures.

Also known as:

  • Southern Pacific Railrad--Fairland to Llano branch

From Wikipedia:

Austin and Northwestern Railroad Historic District-Fairland to Llano

The Austin and Northwestern Railroad Historic District-Fairland to Llano is a 380-acre (1.5 km2) historic district in Burnet County and Llano County, Texas, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The listing included four contributing buildings, 43 contributing structures, and three contributing sites.

It is located near Kingsland, Texas and runs roughly along railroad tracks from Fairland to Llano. It also was known as Southern Pacific Railroad—Fairland to Llano branch.

The historic district is generally a linear 30-mile (48 km) strip along the railroad with a 100 ft (30 m) width of the right-of-way for the tracks. The three exceptions to this are the Fairland wye, the Antlers Hotel in Kingsland and the original depot in Llano, Texas.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971427

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