Keystone Hotel (Lampasas, Texas)
The Keystone Hotel Building (Originally Star Hotel) was a formerly famous stagecoach inn that is now a vacant Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, being founded around the 1870s. The Keystone Hotel building is in the Lampasas Downtown Historic District which is on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Building Description
The building is a two-storied limestone building with a metal roof, built in the Colonial Revival style. The east end wall has a "steam heat" sign painted on the limestone wall.[1]
It has a historical marker on it, saying the following:
"Keystone Hotel, 1870. Famous early-day stagecoach inn of J.L.N. Gracy. Windows have keystone arches. Native rock was hauled to site by oxen. In rear was grave of boy killed by Indians; also bell tower, house for employees. Wagon yard was across road.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965".
Building History
The Star Hotel was originally owned and run by J.L.N. Gracy, the Gracy's were amongst Lampasas's first settlers. The building was modernised in 1929 by its then owner J.R. Key, he changed the hotel's name to the Keystone. An extension was added to the west end in 1931, this provided 24 extra rooms. The Keystone ceased to be a hotel and from 1978 was the Keystone Savings and Loan. The building is currently unoccupied and shows signs of neglect[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM" (PDF). p. 19 + 35. Retrieved 26 October 2012.