{"id":39,"date":"2016-02-01T15:09:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T21:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingranch.rhdproofs.com\/?p=39"},"modified":"2024-12-03T14:07:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T20:07:17","slug":"the-kings-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/king-ranch.com\/the-kings-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"The King\u2019s Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Texas Monthly &#8211; February 2016<\/em><br \/>\nThe King Ranch Main House is one of the most iconic homes in the state. For one hundred years, the private residence of the most powerful cattle family in history has been hidden from public view, but as these exclusive photographs reveal, its interior is every bit as grand and mythic as the land itself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hero-default__byline mb-6 flex flex-wrap items-center font-rs-narrow text-sm font-semibold leading-[17px] xl:mb-12 justify-center \">\n<div class=\"article-headshot-author-wrapper md:after:content[''] mb-4 flex basis-full flex-col items-center justify-center md:mb-0 md:basis-auto md:flex-row md:pr-5 md:after:my-auto md:after:ml-5 md:after:mr-0 md:after:inline-block md:after:h-[25px] md:after:w-[1px] md:after:bg-gray-200\">\n<div class=\"article-headshot-wrapper peer relative my-auto mb-2.5 flex justify-center md:mb-0\">\n<div class=\"author-headshot my-auto\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.texasmonthly.com\/2023\/09\/skip-hollandsworth-fpo.jpg?auto=compress&amp;crop=faces&amp;fit=fit&amp;fm=webp&amp;h=0&amp;ixlib=php-3.3.1&amp;q=45&amp;w=92 92w\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.texasmonthly.com\/2023\/09\/skip-hollandsworth-fpo.jpg?auto=compress&amp;crop=faces&amp;fit=fit&amp;fm=jpg&amp;h=0&amp;ixlib=php-3.3.1&amp;q=45&amp;w=92 92w\" type=\"image\/jpg\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dropcap\">E<\/span>very year more than 35,000 people make their way to a South Texas town about forty miles outside Corpus Christi called Kingsville. They pile into a van or a passenger bus to tour the King Ranch, the largest ranch in Texas. They are driven by pastures where they see cherry-red cows and, if they\u2019re lucky, some cowboys on horseback. They are shown water wells, windmills, corrals, barns, plows, and barbed-wire fences. Then they are taken to the ranch\u2019s headquarters, the centerpiece of which is a two-story, 37,000-square-foot mansion with white stucco walls, a red-tile roof, arched windows, and a courtyard tower that features three stained glass windows. \u201cYou are looking upon King Ranch\u2019s Main House,\u201d the tour guide proudly says. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/the-culture\/the-kings-palace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ FULL ARTICLE<\/a>]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Monthly &#8211; February 2016 The King Ranch Main House is one of the most iconic homes in the state. 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