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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH1I_sweetbrush_Austin-TX.html
Banker John Milton Swisher (1819-1891) built this residence in 1853 in the 400 block of San Antonio St. Noted architect-builder Abner Cook designed the Greek Revival house. In the 1920s, Dr. and Mrs. Z.T. Scott found the building in deteriorated c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH1H_tmi-castle_Austin-TX.html
Founded in 1868 in Bastrop, the Texas Military Institute moved to Austin in 1870. The same year, this Victorian "Castle" was built to serve as headquarters for the young men's preparatory school. Prominently sited on top of a hill in view of the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH1G_thompson-home_Austin-TX.html
Painting contractor John W. Thompson married Jennie L. Metz in 1877. They built this home in the Robertson Hill development, a fashionable neighborhood of the day. The simple Victorian residence has an unusual porch railing and decorative trim. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH1E_philip-walker_Austin-TX.html
A soldier in the Army of Texas. Arrived at San Jacinto April 22, 1836. Born in South Carolina March 11, 1815. Died in Johnson County, Texas July 11, 1897.
His wife Elizabeth (Cooper) Walker. Born in Tennessee October 21, 1827. Died in Johnson C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH1D_captain-andrew-briscoe_Austin-TX.html
Born in Mississippi November 25, 1810. Came to Texas in 1833. A volunteer in the Army at Anahuac, 1835. Commanded a company at the Capture of San Antonio, 1835. Signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. Commanded a company at San Jacinto. Firs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH1C_o-henry_Austin-TX.html
Born in Greensboro, N.C., moved to Texas in 1882, and lived on a ranch near Cortulla. Came to Austin in 1884, and in addition to writing, worked as a pharmacist, musician, draftsman, and bank teller. His first nationally published short story appe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH1B_west-bremond-cottage_Austin-TX.html
Built as servants' quarters about 1872, this "Shotgun" house stood at 604 San Antonio near the home of Charles S. West (1829-1885), lawyer and Texas Supreme Court Justice. In 1885 banker Eugene Bremond (1832-1910) acquired it. Emma Grant West (186…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH1A_french-legation_Austin-TX.html
Erected in the year 1841 by Conte Alphonse Dubois De Saligny, Charge D'Affaires for King Louis Philippe of France, to the Texas Republic. He lived here 1841-1842.
House constructed of Bastrop pine, in Louisiana bayou style.
Furnishings inclu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH19_henry-g-madison-cabin_Austin-TX.html
Built about 1863 at 807 east 11th Street; homestead of Henry Green Madison (1843-1912), policeman and farmer, his wife Louise, and their eight children. In 1886, Madison built a frame house enclosing the cabin, which remained hidden until a razing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH18_swedish-consulate-and-swante-palm-library_Austin-TX.html
Swante Palm (1815-1899), Vice Consul for Sweden and Norway from 1866 until his death, built a small house on Ash Street (now 9th Street) in the 1850s. It was a repository for Palm's extensive book collection and served as the Swedish Consulate, wh…