UHLAND (October 25, 2010)—A traffic accident early Sunday south of Austin led to a fire that resulted in the destruction of a more than 100-year-old Texas dance hall.
Club 21 owner Willie Ilse says his Club 21, in Uhland, wasn’t insured and he doesn’t have the money to rebuild it after the fire Sunday that left the building little more than ashes.
The Texas Department of Public Safety says a two-vehicle wreck at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday in front of the place resulted in a fire that eventually spread to the wooden dance hall and destroyed it.
Club 21 was billed as "the oldest continually operated country
dance hall in Texas."
The bar was closed at the time of the accident.
The establishment's website says the front part of Club 21 was
built in 1893.
Uhland is 20 miles south of Austin.
