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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHDP_site-of-community-of-nameless_Leander-TX.html
First surveyed in the 1850s, this area attracted numerous settlers by 1868. A community grew up, and in 1880 townspeople applied for a post office. After postal authorities rejected six names, the citizens replied in disgust, "Let the post office …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHDO_z-n-morrell_Austin-TX.html
South Carolina native Z.N. Morrell moved to Tennessee at an early age and was ordained to the Baptist ministry at age 19. He came to Texas in December 1835, organized a church at Washington-on-the-Brazos in 1837 and was among the force fighting Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHDN_moores-crossing-bridge_Austin-TX.html
This structure was originally part of a six-span bridge across the Colorado River at Congress Avenue in Austin. Constructed there in 1884, it was designed by the King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Co. of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1910 it was dismantled …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHDM_moore-flack-house_Austin-TX.html
Local contractor Charles Funk built this house for John M. and Estelle Moore in 1887 at a cost of $2,000. At that time John M. Moore (1853-1902), a former Texas legislator and District Attorney, was Secretary of State for Governor Lawrence Sulliva…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHDL_austins-moonlight-towers_Austin-TX.html
City of Austin Marker:This is one of 31 original moonlight towers installed in Austin in 1895. Seventeen remain. Each tower illuminated a circle of 3000 feet using 6 carbon arc lamps (now mercury vapor). Austin's tower lights are the sole survivor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHDG_edmund-and-emily-miller-house_Austin-TX.html
Noted economist and University of Texas professor Edmund T. Miller (1878-1952) and his wife, Emily (1884-1979), an artist and member of the pioneer Maverick family of San Antonio, acquired this property in 1922. The design for their Mediterranean …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHDF_millbrook-roy-hardin-house_Austin-TX.html
William Carroll "Cal" Roy (1851-1916) and Annie (Stanley) Roy (1851-1925) bought this Bouldin mill site in 1894 from Powhatan Bouldin, heir of James E. Bouldin (1796-1876), the original owner. It was converted into a home, and here the Roy's reare…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHDE_metropolitan-african-methodist-episcopal-church_Austin-TX.html
This congregation began meeting for informal worship services during the early 1870s at the home of Tempie Washington. By 1873, the thirteen original members were meeting in their own sanctuary on San Antonio street. The Rev. Frank Green served as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHD9_jane-yelvington-mccallum_Austin-TX.html
One of the most prominent leaders of the Texas woman suffrage movement of the early 20th century, Jane Y. McCallum lived in this house with her husband, Arthur N., and five children. As a member of the Texas Joint Legislative Council (nicknamed "T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHD6_mauthe-myrick-mansion_Austin-TX.html
Rafael Mauthe (1820-79), a German stonemason, built this house in 1877 on land purchased from the noted architect Abner Cook in 1856. Mauthe's wife Mary (d. 1898) lived here after his death and managed the nearby family rental property. In 1898 th…