Lampasas Walks: Historic Downtown Lampasas

Name: Lampasas Walks: Historic Downtown Lampasas
Brand: VoiceMap
SKU: 394
Price: 1.99 USD
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Rating: 4.0 (2 reviews)
Author: Robin

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Austin, Texas audio tour: Lampasas Walks: Historic Downtown Lampasas

This is a 0.9mi walking tour

It takes an average of 25 mins to complete.

Austin, Texas

The United States

Archived

This tour isn’t available for download. We’ve preserved the script and audio as a record of its moment in time, but we don’t recommend doing the tour. It was published in May 2017.

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About the Tour

This walking tour highlights the historic district of Lampasas, Texas, which is listed in the National Historic Register. It includes the County Courthouse and several blocks of the surrounding area.

Tour Producer

Robin Henry

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I am a librarian and community college professor of Humanities. I live in a historic home and I love taking historic tours of other places, so I decided to make some of my own.

Preview Location

Location 1

Lampasas County Courthouse

You should be standing in the shade facing the cast iron fence of the Lampasas County courthouse. To your left is a raised open platform, with four white pillars holding up a roof.

The courthouse building in front of you was designed in 1883 by architect Wesley Clark Dodso... You should be standing in the shade facing the cast iron fence of the Lampasas County courthouse. To your left is a raised open platform, with four white pillars holding up a roof.

The courthouse building in front of you was designed in 1883 by architect Wesley Clark Dodson and completed in 1884. It reflects the influences of the Second Empire and Italianate styles of architecture and features a central clock tower, arched windows and a mansard roof. In 1884, the Commissioners Court authorized the city to place a Seth Thomas clock in the tower. The clock was restored in 1984; some parts had to be custom designed, since they could not be found. The clock now keeps “perfect” time.

Settlers were drawn to the area after Moses Hughes and his invalid wife, Hannah Berry, moved near the site of what is now Lampasas in November 1853, seeking to take advantage of the medicinal springs. Early Native American tribes made yearly pilgrimages to the Hancock mineral springs. Each summer people were drawn to Lampasas to bathe in the mineral springs, and it became a tented city with hundreds of people camped nearby. The Swenson and Swisher Saltworks was established on Salt Creek in 1858; these mines furnished salt to the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

There is a lot of history to this area, but we have a walk to do, so let me explain who I am and how this works. I am Robin Henry, and I own a local B&B in a historic house in Lampasas that is not a part of this historic district, but it is nearby. I am a former history teacher and I love taking historical walks, so I thought I would make one for my own home town. I hope you will enjoy a taste of local Texas history and maybe even visit the Lampasas Museum after our walk.

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So let's go. Turn your back to the courthouse and face the bank. We're going to walk up the road to the left of the bank, so make your way there now. Read More

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Start location
501 Fourth St, Lampasas, TX 76550, USA
Total distance

1km
Final location
501 Fourth St, Lampasas, TX 76550, USA
Distance back to start location

85.1m

Directions to Starting Point

Please start on the North side of the Lampasas County Courthouse.

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Tips

Places to stop along the way

Lampasas County Courthouse, Saint Mary's Episcopal Church, The Keystone Hotel

Best time of day

Morning or evening -- midday can be very hot, especially in the summer.

Precautions

Take water with you in the summer time, and remember that many of the places you'll see are private homes, so be respectful.

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