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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH0O_original-site-of-first-baptist-church-of-austin_Austin-TX.html
The Rev. R.H. Taliaferro of Kentucky organized the First Baptist Church in July 1847. Worship services were first held in the Capitol and later moved to a frame building at 12th and Lavaca. The congregation met in the 700 block of Congress Avenue …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH0N_first-classes-of-the-university-of-texas-law-school_Austin-TX.html
The University of Texas held its first classes in the temporary capitol at this site on Sept. 15, 1883. Fifty-two of the 218 original students were registered in the law department. They were taught by former Governor of Texas Oran M. Roberts (181…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH0B_driskill-hotel_Austin-TX.html
Built 1885-86 by Col. Jesse L. Driskill (1824-1890), cattle king who moved to Austin in 1869. Brick dressed with limestone. Had three grand entrances - one the largest arched doorway in Texas. "Ladies' Entrance" was on northeast, bust of Col. Dris…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH0A_central-presbyterian-church_Austin-TX.html
This congregation traces its roots to October 13, 1839, when Austin's first Presbyterian worship service was held at Bullock's Hotel. Present that day was builder Abner Cook, elder in the first Presbyterian church organized in Austin. He helped ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH09_randerson-lundell-building_Austin-TX.html
Cornelius Randerson erected a one-story structure here in 1896 to house a grocery, feed, and wagon yard. John and Claus Lundell purchased the building in 1898 and in 1910 a second floor was added to board customers overnight. It remained in the Lu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH08_del-valle-army-air-base_Austin-TX.html
Following the U.S. entry into World War II, the Army Air Corps established a base here in the Del Valle community on land once a part of the Santiago del Valle Mexican land grant. The City of Austin purchased 3,000 acres to lease to the federal go…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH07_norwood-tower_Austin-TX.html
This building was once the tallest structure in Austin's downtown area other than the State Capitol. Dwarfed by other structures by the late 20th century, the Norwood Tower remains unique in its design and elaborate detailing.
In 1925, Ollie O.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH06_bohls-house_Pflugerville-TX.html
Gottlieb William Bohls (1878-1961), the oldest of Heinrich and Julie Schroeder Bohls' ten children, was born on his family's farm near this site. In 1906, G.W. married Bertha Timmerman (1883-1967), and five years later they purchased a 95-acre far…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH01_texas-school-for-the-deaf_Austin-TX.html
In 1856, the Texas Legislature established the Texas Deaf and Dumb Asylum, which became the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD). Gov. Elisha M. Pease appointed a board of trustees, which rented land at this site. By January 1, 1857, the first day of s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGZD_scottish-rite-temple_Austin-TX.html
Built 1871-72 as an opera house by Austin Turn Verein, a German social society. Used for gymnastics, feasting and dancing, it was a social center for years.Purchased in 1912 for Ben Hur Shrine temple and remodeled, blending southwest mission style…