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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOZ_rocky-cliff_Austin-TX.html
Built about 1871 by Daniel P. Kinney, who came to Austin in early 1850's; original homesite, at the time an extensive farm, contained areas later in Zilker Park and Barton Heights.
Structure of hard limestone, with 20-inch walls, had rooms adde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOY_dawson-stone-house_Austin-TX.html
Real estate developers Mary and Nannie Dawson built this house about 1900 as part of the South Heights expansion of Austin. The sisters were pioneer teachers in free public school system.
Mary (Molly) was principal of Fulmore School, but she le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOX_michael-paggi-house_Austin-TX.html
Built here prior to the Civil War on land owned by Col. S.W. Goodrich (d. 1868), this house was located near a low-water crossing of the Colorado River. A planter, Goodrich owned a sawmill, grist mill, and cotton gin. Michael Paggi (d. 1911), a na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOW_seaholm-power-plant_Austin-TX.html
This complex is an industrial and architectural landmark in Austin. Electric power arrived in the Texas capital in 1895, after the Colorado River was first dammed to generate electricity. The city of Austin has owned its own generation and distrib…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOV_the-austin-statesman_Austin-TX.html
Begun as the "Democratic Statesman" in 1871 by the Democratic Party, in opposition to radical reconstruction government in Texas. Quickly passed into private ownership popular first editor was attorney John Cardwell.
Published daily since 1873,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOU_the-academy_Austin-TX.html
This house was constructed in 1889 for Myron D. Mather, president of Austin Water, Light & Power Company, who lived here until 1893. A fine derivative of the shingle style, the structure is said to be partly constructed of granite left from the 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOS_reuter-house_Austin-TX.html
Built in 1934 for Louis Reuter (1886-1945) and his wife, this house offered a spectacular view of the city. Reuter worked as a grocer in his native San Antonio until 1918, when he came to Austin to open a self-service grocery store, an innovation …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOF_walter-and-mae-simms-house_Austin-TX.html
Austin architect Roger Q. Small designed this unique 1935 home for Walter and Mae (Moore) Simms, who established Simms Fish Market in 1915 and delivered gulf coast seafood to hotels and restaurants throughout central Texas for nearly forty years. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI3U_shoal-creek_Austin-TX.html
Native Americans, settlers and cattle drovers crossed the river here where Shoal Creek's sand made the water shallow. During Republic days Vice President Mirabeau Lamar camped here, near the village of Waterloo while hunting buffalo. His impress…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHT0_site-of-temporary-texas-state-capitol-of-1880s_Austin-TX.html
Built, 1882-1883, to replace the previous Capitol, which had burned in 1881. Until the building was completed, the orphaned Texas government conducted business in the county courthouse and jail across Congress avenue.
The three-story brick buil…