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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHL9_saint-davids-episcopal-church_Austin-TX.html
Located in pioneer Austin at the edge of town on a site never used for a secular building. At first called "Church of the Epiphany." Cornerstone laid on April 7, 1853, with impressive ceremonies for the capital city's first tone church. Built of n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHL8_old-rock-store_Austin-TX.html
Influenced by the style of early German rock buildings in central Texas, James Andrew Patton (1853-1944) supervised the construction of this building in 1898. A German mason laid the stone.Patton fought Comanches as a Texas Ranger and was a civic …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHIM_robinson-macken-house_Austin-TX.html
Built in 1876 for the family of Elizabeth and John Robinson, Sr., this two-and-one-half-story frame house is a fine example of the Second Empire style of architecture coupled with Italianate detailing. Located within the original 1839 Austin town …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHHS_rebecca-kilgore-stuart-red_Austin-TX.html
Rebecca Jane Kilgore Stuart became principal of Live Oak Female Seminary in Washington County, Texas, in 1853. In 1854 she married Dr. George Clark Red and continued teaching. The Reds moved to Austin in 1876, and opened Stuart Female Seminary at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHHO_the-radkey-house_Austin-TX.html
A typical post-Civil War Austin dwelling, built about 1870 two blocks from the State Capitol for merchant and metalsmith Bernard Radkey (1846-83) and his wife, Mary Cummings Radkey (1851-96). Structure is of cypress wood. Radkey served as a city a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHHK_platt-simpson-building_Austin-TX.html
Radcliff Platt constructed the original portion of this building about 1871. He operated a livery stable here until 1890 and lived in one side of the structure for a number of years. In 1901 J.S. Simpson (1854-1934) purchased and enlarged the earl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHFC_thomas-pliney-plaster_Austin-TX.html
Who manned one of the twin sisters cannon at the Battle of San Jacinto and was a veteran of the Mexican War, 1847. Born in Tennessee June 6, 1804. Died March 27, 1861.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHES_governor-elisha-marshall-pease_Austin-TX.html
In 1835 E.M. Pease migrated to Texas from his native Connecticut. He joined the Texian forces at the Battle of Gonzales, Oct. 2, 1835, which initiated the Texas War for Independence. In the early days of the Republic, he worked as a government cle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHER_pease-school_Austin-TX.html
This is one of the oldest school buildings in Texas erected from public funds; on university block set aside for school purposes by Republic of Texas in 1839. This school was opened in 1876; it was named for Gov. Elisha M. Pease (1812-1883), a lea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHEQ_pease-park_Austin-TX.html
Named for family of 1853-57 Texas Governor, Elisha Marshall Pease (1812-83), within whose early-day plantation this area was situated. Gov. and Mrs. Pease on May 20, 1875, gave 23-acre site here on Shoal Creek to City of Austin for use as a public…