BlockFrom the record
One of 74 National Register listings published here for Williamson County · listed in 1970 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Inn at Brushy Creek
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Taylor Exit off U.S. 79, off I-35, Old Round Rock, 78681
- When was it listed? October 1970
- Category. building
- Census division. Round Rock-Georgetown
- National Register reference number. 70000777 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
98 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Inn at Brushy Creek between 2000 and 2016, burning about 661 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3300 BLOCK SH 130 |
| 9 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MM 257 N IH 35 |
| 7 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1535 GULFWAY |
| 4 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH 130 AT FM 971 |
| 31 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1498 N IH 35 |
| 30 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 34 |
| 3 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Inn at Brushy Creek: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Ind Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dedear Quarry | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Limestone | |
| Dedear Quarry | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Mc Neil Plant & Quarry | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Limestone |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Round Rock Post Office and William M. Owen House | under 500 feet | 1983 |
| Round Rock Commercial Historic District | 0.8 miles | 1983 | |
 | Capt. Nelson Merrell House | 1.7 miles | 1970 |
| J. J. Johnson Farm | 4.8 miles | 1986 | |
 | Paige-DeCrow-Weir House | 7.5 miles | 1986 |
| McKnight-Ebb House | 7.7 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 70000777 in Record Group 79. |
| Williamson County | All 74 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.