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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH3Z_brizendine-house_Austin-TX.html
This simple Vernacular Rough Ashlar house represents the life style of the late 19th century working middle class family in Austin. The exterior proportions of the structure reflect Victorian influence. Built of limestone about 1870 by John R. Bri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH3Y_brackenridge-hospital_Austin-TX.html
When Edwin Waller surveyed the Austin townsite in 1839, he set aside this block, in what was then the northeast corner of the city, for a hospital. The site lay empty until 1884, when the City of Austin and Travis County jointly opened a 20-bed, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH3X_the-boardman-webb-house_Austin-TX.html
In the 1850s Dr. George T. Boardman (d.1884) came to Austin to practice dentistry. He developed a new process to fill teeth and helped incorporate the American Dental College. He bought this property in 1855 from early Austin merchant John Bremond…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH3G_austin-womans-club_Austin-TX.html
Begun as family residence by Mrs. Catherine North in 1874. Completed in style of French Chateau by Austin banker, Maj. Ira Evans, 1892.
Bought by charter members, A.W.C., 1929. Remodelled, using 19th century materials.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH3E_1933-austin-public-library_Austin-TX.html
Overlooking one of the city's four public squares platted in 1893, this site was obtained from the Texas Legislature in 1913 for a public library. Completed in 1933, this building represents the most prominent public work of Austin native Hugo Kue…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH3C_austin-high-school_Austin-TX.html
In Edwin Waller's 1839 plan for the City of Austin, two blocks were set aside for schools at Rio Grande and 12th Street, then called College Avenue. The Austin School Board in 1881 authorized the use of existing school facilities on the south bloc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH3A_austin-high-school_Austin-TX.html
An ornate, red brick building at this site served as the first structure in town built for the public high school, founded in 1881. Construction of the facility was hastened when classrooms in the former temporary State Capitol at 11th and Congres…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH37_the-archive-war_Austin-TX.html
In 1839 Austin became the Capital of the Republic of Texas. The National Archives - state papers and land titles - were housed on Congress Avenue. In 1842, after Mexican armies seized San Antonio and seemed likely to capture Austin, many residents…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH35_african-americans-in-the-texas-revolution_Austin-TX.html
Many African Americans, free and slave, supported Texas during its 1835-36 war of independence from Mexico. Although official recognition of the African American role was generally denied, recorded accounts of individual acts of bravery and patrio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH2Z_site-of-the-headquarters-of-the-united-states-army-for-5th-military-district_Austin-TX.html
Established in 1868 in an area of five acres. Abandoned in 1870 when headquarters were removed to San Antonio.