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Austin_and_Northwestern_Railroad_Historic_District-Fairland_to_Llano Latitude and Longitude:

30°39′38″N 98°26′12″W / 30.66056°N 98.43667°W / 30.66056; -98.43667
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Austin and Northwestern Railroad Historic District--Fairland to Llano
Nearest city Kingsland, Texas
Coordinates 30°39′38″N 98°26′12″W / 30.66056°N 98.43667°W / 30.66056; -98.43667
Area380 acres (1.5 km2)
Built1891
NRHP reference  No. 97001161 [1] [2]
Added to NRHPOctober 6, 1997

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. [1] [3]

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 mi (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. [3]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Texas SP Austin and Northwestern Railroad Historic District--Fairland to Llano. File Unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Texas, 1964 - 2013.
  3. ^ a b Martha Gilliland Long; Jim Steely; Mary Dillman (August 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Austin and Northwestern Railroad Historic District-Fairland to Llano /Southern Pacific Railrad--Fairland to Llano branch". National Archives. Retrieved June 27, 2018. Downloading may be slow.