Driskill Hotel

BUILT 1885-86 BY COL. JESSE L.
DRISKILL (1824-1890), CATTLE KING
WHO MOVED TO AUSTIN IN 1869.

BRICK DRESSED WITH LIMESTONE.
HAD THREE GRAND ENTRANCES – ONE
THE LARGEST ARCHED DOORWAY IN
TEXAS. "LADIES’ ENTRANCE" WAS ON
NORTHEAST, BUST OF COL. DRISKILL
IS OVER SOUTH ARCH, BUSTS OF HIS
RANCHER SONS ON EAST AND WEST.
RICH FURNISHINGS WERE SELECTED
BY COL. DRISKILL, WHO LEASED OUT
HIS HOTEL – SOUTHWEST’S FINEST
WHEN IT OPENED, CHRISTMAS 1886.