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1. MILLER'S MEATS 2. THE DABBS HOTEL 3. LLANO MUSEUM The museum is housed in the old Bruhl Drugstore and gives a glimpse of Llano when it was a "boomtown". Hours are June, July & August 10-12, and 1:30 - 5:30 Tuesday - Saturday, Sunday 1:30 - 5:30. September through May, Wednesday - Saturday 10:00 - 12,00 & 1:30 - 5:30 and Sunday 1:30 - 5:30. 4. LONE STAR LAND COMPANY Built in the early 1920's as a Texaco Service Station, the first covered service station between San Antonio and Llano. 5. THE BADU HOUSE This classic Italian Renaissance style building was built as First National Bank of Llano in 1891. In 1898 a French mineralogist, N.J. Badu, purchased the building for his family home. The Badu House has been restored as a bed and breakfast, restaurant and club. The bar in the lounge has a top made out of Llanite, a stone found nowhere in the world but Llano County. It is the largest assembly of polished Llanite in the world. 6. LLANO FINE ARTS GUILD, INC. The Guild was founded in 1963 to promote the work of Llano artists. Works by members are on exhibit at the Guild Gallery. Hours are from:10 am - 4 p.m., Monday Saturday and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. on Sunday. 7. JEANNETTE'S HOMESTYLE BAKERY This 1910 Spanish style stucco building originally housed the Cassaday-Grey Granite company, and was erected during the peak of the booming granite industry in Llano. The Cassaday Co. was the first to use motor transportation for hauling granite. 8. LLANO COUNTY LIBRARY The three one story buildings were built in 1904. They have housed a variety of businesses, including Hargon Furniture, Lange Furniture, Goodman Liquor Company, Southern Mercantile (1908), Pessell's Drug Goods, Hackworth's Variety, C. Bailey's Domino Hall, S. Roundtree's Palace Bar (1916), a Studebaker agency (1920's) as well as pool halls and cafes. 9. CORNER DRUG Although several architectural changes have been made, this site has operated as the Corner Drug since 1898. It is one of the three oldest businesses in Llano still operating under the same name. 10. THE HAYNIE BLOCK Designed by A.0. Watson of Austin for Elizabeth Haynie of Llano in 1882. The first telephone switchboard in Llano was located here in the 1880's. This series of buildings has housed professionals and merchants as well as a bank for 30 years. During the 1940's, the county hospital occupied the entire second floor.
12. JIM'S JEWELRY, MAIN STREET EMPORIUM & GINGERBREAD HOUSE 13. ACME DRY GOODS The present building was constructed of red brick in 1892. The Acme has been in the building since 1923. A visit to Acme will take you back in time. Still in daily use is a brass cash register over 100 years old. Many of the old fixtures are on display. Acme Dry Goods is one of the three oldest business in Llano still operating under the same name. 14. BUTTERY STORAGE Directly West of the old Lan-Tex Theater, erected in 1880, one of the earliest surviving structures on the town square. Now used for storage, the past uses for this building are quite varied. It has been used as a meeting site for the Llano Masonic Lodge and the back section of the cellar was used as a jail. For a while it housed Mr. Pessels mercantile store, then J. Duff Brown's drug store. A furniture store and undertaking business occupied this building until 1894. It has also served as the Martin Telephone Company, a hardware store, confectionery store, millinery shop, grocery store and as an annex for the Southern Hotel's overflow. 15. SOUTHERN HOTEL Now Buttery Company, L.L.P. offices, this stagecoach stop was built in 1880 as a two story building. The third story was added in 1883 by attorney Col. W.A.H. Miller. The wide porches provided a welcome rest for the hotels many guests. Buttery Company, L.L.P. is one of the three oldest businesses in Llano still operating under the same name. 16. THE LLANO NEWS Built in 1890, the Bon Ton Barber & Bath provided the only commercial bath facilities in town. 17. LLANO COUNTY COURTHOUSE A block for the courthouse was laid off and noted on the town plat, soon after the county was organized in 1856, but it was a long time before a courthouse was actually built. The original building, completed in 1885 served Llano well until it was destroyed by fire on January 22, 1892. One of three original Texas Courthouses without additions. The Courthouse you see today was completed in 1893 at a cost of $35,000. Under the granite boulders on the west side of the structure is a time capsule to be opened in 2056, Llano's BI-centennial. Of the 288 county courthouses in Texas, only 66 built prior to 1900 remain. Llano's is the 39th oldest in Texas. 18. CONFEDERATE MONUMENT This tribute to those from Texas who served in the Civil War was sculptured and erected by James K. Finley & Sons. The two sons used their father as the model. Governor James E. Ferguson dedicated the imposing work in 1916. 19. VIETNAM MONUMENT Dedicated on Veterans Day, November 11, 1987, this memorial to those who served in Vietnam was donated by Llano's American Legion Post #370 and the Auxiliary. 20. WORLD WAR I MONUMENT Charging "over the top" is the heroic bronze World War I monument sculptured by Frank Teich, a nationally famous German artist who owned the nearby town of Teichville. Governor Dan Moody dedicated the monument in 1928. 21. MASONIC TEMPLE This interesting stone building on the corner was built in 1907 as the Masonic Temple. The Lodge was organized in 1860 and the temple still occupies the second floor. Ask inside to see one of the few remaining hand crank elevators. 22. CHARLIE'S STORE This series of buildings date back to 1897. The Corner building occupied a dry goods business until 1908, and was then occupied by Llano National Bank.The two-story building constructed in 1890 first held a saddle and harness shop, then dry goods, a saloon, drugstore and at one time the Tourist's Hotel. 23. MERLE NORMAN COSMETIC STUDIO The building was constructed for F.J. Smith and Company as a storage facility in 1883 and ranks among the oldest buildings in the district. In 1887, the, Masons purchased the second story and used it for 21 years as their lodge. Note the unique 50 year old bay window. 24. PICKNEY'S On this site in 1856 Llano's only "picket house store" was built. Our first post office was located here until 1866. Beginning in 1899 several physicians officed at this location. 25. THE FRASER HOUSE INN This unique solid granite building was constructed around 1900 by William Fraser for his new wife Laura. He was one of 23 master stone cutters brought to Texas from Scotland to complete construction of the state capitol building. The building has been renovated and now houses a bed and breakfast. 26. OLD LLANO JAIL Built in 1895 from Llano County granite, this Romanesque Revival jail sported a red roof that inmates referred to as "Red Top". The gallows still remain on the third & fourth floors. The building is, maintained by the Llano Chapter of the DRT. 27. GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH Built to house the Llano Academy in 1861, the venture failed and it was purchased in 1883 by the West Texas Missionary district of the Episcopal Church. The building was completed in 1889. GOLF | HUNTING | WALKING TOUR | WINERIES | WILD FLOWERS | FISHING |
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