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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHER_pease-school_Austin-TX.html
This is one of the oldest school buildings in Texas erected from public funds; on university block set aside for school purposes by Republic of Texas in 1839. This school was opened in 1876; it was named for Gov. Elisha M. Pease (1812-1883), a lea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHEQ_pease-park_Austin-TX.html
Named for family of 1853-57 Texas Governor, Elisha Marshall Pease (1812-83), within whose early-day plantation this area was situated. Gov. and Mrs. Pease on May 20, 1875, gave 23-acre site here on Shoal Creek to City of Austin for use as a public…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHEP_martin-parmer_Austin-TX.html
Born in Virginia, June 4, 1778. Died in Jasper County, March 2, 1850. A delegate to the Constitutional Convention of Missouri, 1821. Senator in Legislature of Missouri. Second in command in the Fredonian War in Texas, 1826. Member of the Consultat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHEO_paramount-theatre_Austin-TX.html
Originally called the "Majestic", this theatre was erected in 1915 by businessman Ernest Nalle (1876-1950). Designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Eberson, Fugard, and Knapp, it was constructed under the direction of local architect George …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHEB_swante-palm_Austin-TX.html
A native of Basthult, Barkeryd Parish, in the province of Smaland, Sweden, Swante Palm was a leader of early Swedish immigration to Texas. Influenced by his nephew, Swen Magnus Swenson, Palm came to Texas in 1844. He settled first in La Grange, wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHEA_openheimer-montgomery-building_Austin-TX.html
This structure was built in 1894 for Texas military, business, and civic leader Louis Openheimer (1858-1906). Designed and constructed by John McDonald, a prominent citizen who served as Austin's Mayor from 1889 to 1895, the building was sold in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHE9_onion-creek-lodge-220-a-f-a-m_Austin-TX.html
Onion Creek Lodge 220, A.F. & A.M. chartered, 1858. Met on this site in cabin later destroyed by Indians. This building completed, 1860.
First floor used by the Pleasant Hill school (oldest in continuous use in state) until 1935. Also used by t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHE8_okewell_Austin-TX.html
This house was built in 1925 for Judge Robert Lynn Batts (1854-1935). A distinguished jurist, Batts served as Assistant Attorney General of Texas and the United States, Judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Chairman of the University of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHE7_peter-henry-oberwetter_Austin-TX.html
A native of Germany, Peter Henry Oberwetter migrated to Texas about 1849 and settled first in New Braunfels, then Comfort. He later moved to Austin, where he gained distinction as a botanist. He pioneered in crossbreeding the Amaryllis, imported r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHE6_oak-hill_Austin-TX.html
First settlers arrived in area in 1840s. The community founded here in 1856 was called Live Oak Springs; in 1865 it was renamed Shiloh. Later schools known as Live Oak and Oatmanville gave names temporarily to the settlement. It has been known as …