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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHAY_old-bakery_Austin-TX.html
Built 1876 by Chas. Lundberg. Bread then was not sliced or wrapped; children and maids waited with baskets to take home loaves hot from the oven. House specialties were sponge cake ladyfingers, glazed kisses, almond-meal macaroons.
A front balc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHAX_lund_Elgin-TX.html
First known as Pleasant Hill, this community was settled by Swedish immigrants in the late 1880s. The name of the settlement eventually was changed to Lund in honor of a city in southern Sweden. Under the leadership of the Rev. J.A. Stamline, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHAW_m-m-longs-livery-stable-and-opera-house_Austin-TX.html
When M.M. Long and his family moved here from Bastrop in the 1860s, the first floor of this structure served as the livery stable for Long's Austin to Burnet and Lampasas stage line. On the second floor Long ran an opera house which was used for p…
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/HMHAT_littlefield-building_Austin-TX.html
George Washington Littlefield (1842-1920) came to Texas from Mississippi in 1850. After serving in Terry's Texas Rangers in the Civil War, he made his fortune ranching and driving cattle. He moved to Austin in 1883 and, in 1890, established the Am…
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/HMHAN_jacob-larmour-house_Austin-TX.html
This Victorian cottage was built in 1875 for architect Jacob Larmour (1822-1901), who came to Austin with his family in 1871. He played a major role in the design of many of the city's commercial and residential buildings and was appointed state a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHAL_laguna-gloria_Austin-TX.html
This Mediterranean style villa was built in 1916 for Henry H. and Clara Driscoll Sevier. Named Laguna Gloria for a nearby lagoon off the Colorado River, the stuccoed home features a decorative window that resembles the rose window at San Jose miss…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH9Z_kopperl-house_Austin-TX.html
Built in 1896 at a cost of $4,200, this home was purchased the same year by sportswoman Loula Dale Kopperl (1861-1919). She and her husband Morris lived here prior to their divorce in 1912, and she continued to occupy the home until her death. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH9Y_king-tears-mortuary_Austin-TX.html
In October 1901, William M. Tears opened the Tears Funeral Home at 614 E. 6th Street to provide mortuary services for African Americans in Austin and the surrounding area. Upon his death in 1923, his son William M. Tears, Jr. became manager of the…