Kendall Inn
Kendall Inn
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The Kendall Inn in 2009.
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Location | 128 W Blanco Rd Boerne, Texas |
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Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1859 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 76002045[1] |
RTHL # | 5925 |
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Added to NRHP | June 29, 1976 |
Designated RTHL | 1962[2] |
The Kendall Inn is a historic hotel located in Boerne, Texas, United States, that originally opened in 1859.[3] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 29, 1976.
The two-story vernacular Greek Revival structure is one of the few remaining 19th century resort hotels in Texas. Erastus and Sarah Reed constructed the limestone block hotel. The Reeds came to Boerne from Georgia, where they had operated and managed hotels.[4] The Inn was known as the "Reed House" and offered four rooms for travelers.
In 1869, Col. Henry C. King purchased the inn from the Reeds and renamed the hotel "King Place". In 1878, J. C. Rountree and W. L. Wadsworth purchased the inn from King and added two wings on to the building. The name of the inn was changed to the "Boerne Hotel". In 1884, the inn was purchased by James T. Clark. Dr. J. H. Barnitz of San Antonio acquired the inn in 1909 and renamed the hotel "Ye Kendall Inn",[5] Barnitz had electrical wiring installed and added community bathrooms. In 1922, the inn was purchased by Robert L. and Maude Hickman. Mrs. W. F. Grinnan bought the Kendall Inn in 1960.
Notable people that have lodged at the inn include Jefferson Davis, President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Robert E. Lee.[6]
The hotel is currently called Ye Kendall Inn and has 36 rooms each with modern private bathrooms and antique Victorian era furnishings.
It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1983, Marker number 5925.[7]
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External links
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- ↑ Carmack, Liz. Historic Hotels of Texas, Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas, 2007. pp 85-87.
- ↑ "Kendall Inn" Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Retrieved January 3, 2009.
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- ↑ "History" Ye Kendall Inn
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- Greek Revival architecture in Texas
- Hotel buildings completed in 1859
- Hotel buildings completed in 1878
- Hotels established in 1859
- Hotels in Texas
- Buildings and structures in Kendall County, Texas
- Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks
- 1859 establishments in the United States