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The Llano
County Historical Museum building was originally Bruhl's Drugstore, founded in 1900 by
Louis H. Bruhl. It was given to the
Llano
County Historical Society in 1965 by the A. H. Bruhl family to house the museum.
During renovations, the facade was altered, but the interior, including the marble soda
fountain and leather fountain stools, remain intact. Contains many
interesting photographs,
documents and artifacts relating to the history of Llano County; also, an extensive polo
exhibit honoring the internationally famous Llanoite, Cecile Smith, who for twenty five
years in succession held a ten goal handicap, a record equaled by no other in the history
of polo. Annex was originally an early day grocery store.
Louis Herman Bruhl (1849-1931) immigrated to the United States from Germany in
1867. He became an American citizen in 1870. The same year he married Leonie Julia Hammale, a merchant and a pharmacist. Bruhl lived in Waco and Rockport, and served as a US
consul in Italy (1894 -1899) before moving to Llano to open a drugstore in 1900. His son,
Adolph (1876-1937), also a pharmacist, joined him in business. The drugstore building they
erected in 1922 is now the Llano Museum. |
