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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8Z_hirshfeld-house_Austin-TX.html
Henry Hirshfeld (1834-1911), a native of Germany, was a prominent Austin merchant and a leader in the city's Jewish community. In 1873 he and his wife Jennie (Melasky) built a one-story limestone cottage on the lot west of this site. Because of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8X_hirshfeld-cottage_Austin-TX.html
German native Henry Hirshfeld (1834-1911) migrated to the United States at the age of fifteen. After working with his two uncles in Mobile, Alabama, he moved to Georgetown (28 mi. N), where he enlisted in the Confederate Army.
Following his ser…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8V_the-william-green-hill-house_Austin-TX.html
Tennessean William Hickman Hill settled in Austin in the 1850s. He and his family became cultural and civic leaders. A grandson, William Green Hill (1853-1903), and his wife Ella Ione (Sanders) had this house built in 1890, angling it to catch pre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8U_hugh-b-hancock-house_Austin-TX.html
Built in 1886, this house was originally located on 7th Street in the Robertson Hill area of East Austin. It was constructed for Hugh B. Hancock, a successful black businessman of the city. In 1904 it was sold to German native Charles Frederick Ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8T_governor-andrew-jackson-hamilton_Austin-TX.html
Nicknamed "Colossal Jack" because of his imposing stature and his oratorical skill, A.J. Hamilton was born in Alabama. He migrated to Texas about 1846. A lawyer, he served as acting Attorney General of Texas in 1850. His residence once stood one m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8J_george-washington-glasscock-sr_Georgetown-TX.html
In Memory ofGeorge Washington Glasscock, Sr.For whomthe city of Georgetown andthe Countyof Glasscock, Texas are named.Born in Kentucky April 11, 1810.Participated in the Black Hawk War, 1832Came to Texas in 1834 andfought for its independence from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8H_amos-godbey-house_Georgetown-TX.html
Built in 1909 by the C.S. Belford Lumber company, this was originally the home of Southwestern University German professor Martin C. Amos (d. 1911) and his family. It was later purchased by another member of the university faculty, chemistry profe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8G_shiloh-mccutcheon-cemetery_Taylor-TX.html
The community of Shiloh dates from 1848, when both Nelson Morey and Josiah Taylor established stores in this area. Shiloh spread along the banks of Brushy Creek near Wilbarger Crossing, which was later called Shiloh Crossing and Rogan Crossing. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8D_hutto-baptist-church_Hutto-TX.html
Hutto Baptist Church was formally organized in 1882. Served by ministers Abram Weaver and Joseph Gronde, the congregation met in the local schoolhouse until a sanctuary was constructed in 1883. Destroyed by a storm in 1886, it was rebuilt twice fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8C_cabin-from-gabriel-mills-area_Round-Rock-TX.html
This cabin of squared logs and hand-hewn limestone was built in the early 1850s near the village of Gabriel Mills (20 mi. NW). It stood on property owned in 1850-53 by Samuel Mather (1812-78), miller and blacksmith who first settled the area. The …