The McKinley Coach is the oldest rail car at The Antlers Hotel, and its construction with square nails dates it to the 1800’s. As a coach and baggage combination car, it was especially suited for shortline railroads such as the 7 mile long Rockdale, Sandow & Southern Railway, with passengers seated in rows along the windows and luggage stored in the back. When the Henry family of Rockdale, Texas, acquired it in the 1950’s, it had been retired from service and no longer had its original trucks, or wheels. This International & Great Northern combination car was given to The Antlers Hotel from the estate of E.E. Henry and Lillie T. Henry, and by Ann E. Henry and E. David Henry. Renovated as a hotel room in 2001, the combine includes a king size bed, twin beds, one and a half baths, a living area, and a kitchen. Its interior features ornately paneled wood, a vaulted ceiling, stained glass in the clerestory windows, and antique gas light fixtures, now electrified. It is named in honor of President William McKinley, who visited Austin by rail on May 3, 1901, the week The Antlers Hotel opened.