KINGSLAND, TEXAS. Kingsland is at the juncture of the Llano and Colorado rivers, fifteen miles southeast of Llano in east central Llano County. It was originally called Kingsville, for Martin D. King, who with J. M. Trussell had purchased the land on which it is located in 1877. The town was the site of a cotton gin and a small trading center in the 1880s. Activity increased with the extension of the Austin and Northwestern Railroad to Llano through Kingsville in 1892. By 1901 the community was known as Kingsland and had become the location of a growing number of businesses, including the Antlers Hotel, built by railroad interests.
 

Antlers Hotel
The hotel had all the modern conveniences of the day, including gas lights and a telephone in the lobby. They believed electricity was a passing fad. The hotel had 11 rooms with expansion capability for additional guests by placing hammocks on the wide porches. The hotel was in the center of a campground known as Campa Pajama that stretched down to Crescent Lake, formed by a 1,000 foot lock across the Colorado River. Lake LBJ was created in 1951 when Wirtz Dam was built. All the camps had telephones and could call in orders to the hotel kitchen.

website: www.theantlers.com
Telephone: (800) 383-0007