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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH4E_lilia-and-josephine-casis_Austin-TX.html
Josephine (1873-1947) and Lilia (1869-1947) Casis were reared in Jamaica, where their European parents educated them in the classics, languages, and music, before they moved to Texas in 1890. Josephine earned a teaching degree and taught at Austin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH4A_camp-mabry_Austin-TX.html
The original 85-acre tract (gift of Austin citizens in 1892) was the site of annual encampments for the Texas Volunteer Guard, an elite militia constituted in 1876. Because larger maneuver, parade, and drill areas were needed, the guardsmen worked…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH2B_texas-in-the-civil-war_Austin-TX.html
When Texas joined the Confederacy in 1861, some men disagreed. Mainly these were from foreign countries or the north, or did not uphold states' rights. Some of them left here and joined northern army units.
Others joined federal forces near hom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH25_austin-high-school_Austin-TX.html
Tax supported, locally controlled secondary education began in Austin in 1881 with the establishment of a high school department in the city school district. Plans for implementing the program were developed under the leadership of school board Pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH23_the-johnson-home_Austin-TX.html
Erected 1858 by Chas. Johnson, near the WM. McGill Ford on the Colorado River. Built by fellow Swedes, of native stone from his own quarry and lime kiln.
Walls are 18 inches thick. A stone-paved breezeway joined the two wings of the building.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH1R_las-ventanas_Austin-TX.html
Built 1875-1876 by A.J. Jernigan, Travis County treasurer, 1873-1888 and 1894-1896; of handmade, sun dried brick in transitional style between Greek revival and Victorian period, 1880's-1890's.
Name - meaning "the windows" - is for imaginativel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH1I_sweetbrush_Austin-TX.html
Banker John Milton Swisher (1819-1891) built this residence in 1853 in the 400 block of San Antonio St. Noted architect-builder Abner Cook designed the Greek Revival house. In the 1920s, Dr. and Mrs. Z.T. Scott found the building in deteriorated c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH1H_tmi-castle_Austin-TX.html
Founded in 1868 in Bastrop, the Texas Military Institute moved to Austin in 1870. The same year, this Victorian "Castle" was built to serve as headquarters for the young men's preparatory school. Prominently sited on top of a hill in view of the C…