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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WVQ_penn-and-nellie-wooldridge-house-historical_Austin-TX.html
In 1913, Nellie Wylie Holden (1863-1944) build a home here. Tradition holds that her children helped noted architect Hugo F. Kuehne design the Georgian Revival house. Holden, an Austin philanthropist, worked in many civic and charitable organizati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOK_texas-confederate-womans-home-historical_Austin-TX.html
The Texas Confederate Woman's home opened in 1908 and provided a home for over three thousand wives and widows of Confederate Veterans. Potential residents were wives or widows of honorably discharged Confederate soldiers, women who could prove ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHDG_edmund-and-emily-miller-house_Austin-TX.html
Noted economist and University of Texas professor Edmund T. Miller (1878-1952) and his wife, Emily (1884-1979), an artist and member of the pioneer Maverick family of San Antonio, acquired this property in 1922. The design for their Mediterranean …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHD9_jane-yelvington-mccallum_Austin-TX.html
One of the most prominent leaders of the Texas woman suffrage movement of the early 20th century, Jane Y. McCallum lived in this house with her husband, Arthur N., and five children. As a member of the Texas Joint Legislative Council (nicknamed "T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHAU_littlefield-home_Austin-TX.html
George W. Littlefield (1842-1920) came to Texas with his family in 1850. He served in the Civil War with Terry's Texas Rangers, attaining the rank of Major. Following the war he became a cattleman and acquired ranches in New Mexico and the Texas p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHAS_jacob-leser-house_Austin-TX.html
After purchasing this land in 1859, German-born Jacob Leser (1827-1901) erected a log cabin and a frame structure to house his soap and candle factory. Before 1864, when he married Henrietta Schroeder (1841-89), Leser added this stone wing to the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH9I_hyde-park_Austin-TX.html
Advertised in 1892 as "The most fashionable part of the wealthiest and most aristocratic ward in the city", Hyde Park was Austin's first planned suburb. Encompassing an area bordered by the present streets of Guadalupe, 38th, Duval, and 45th, it w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6V_gerhard-schoch-house_Austin-TX.html
Merchant Philip Henry Gerhard (1850-1906) and wife Lena had this house built by contractor Herman S. Love in 1887. It was said to be first 2-story brick veneer home in Austin; it was enlarged in 1891. The Gerhards' daughter Clara and her husband, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6I_stanley-and-emily-finch-house_Austin-TX.html
Constructed in 1927 and 1928 for $13,500, this house has associations with several prominent Austinites. Its original owners were University of Texas Civil Engineering Professor Stanley P. Finch and his wife Emily (Rice). Finch's UT colleague, arc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5X_clara-driscoll_Austin-TX.html
Patriot, philanthropist, writer, public figure, born at St. Mary's, Refugio County; daughter of Robert and Julia Fox Driscoll, and descendant of a hero of San Jacinto; was educated in Texas, New York and France.
In 1903 came her finest hour. Wh…