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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6Q_first-united-methodist-church-of-austin_Austin-TX.html
In 1840, shortly after Austin was incorporated, the Rev.John Haynie (1786-1860), a Methodist circuit rider from the Mississippi Conference, led 14 members in forming this fellowship. They worshiped at temporary sites, including the Capitol buildin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6O_original-site-of-first-methodist-church-of-austin_Austin-TX.html
Established in 1840 by the Rev. John Haynie (1786-1860), the First Methodist Church was Austin's second Protestant congregation. Services were held in temporary quarters until members erected their first meeting house in 1847 at this site, then th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6H_governor-james-edward-ferguson-august-31-1871-september-21-1944_Austin-TX.html
James Ferguson, son of a Methodist preacher, and Miriam Wallace, daughter of a wealthy farmer, were Bell County natives. They married in 1899 and later settled with their two daughters in Temple. James, running as "Farmer Jim", won the Governorshi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH54_governor-edmund-jackson-davis_Austin-TX.html
Born in Florida, E.J. Davis became a lawyer and judge after moving to Texas. During the Civil War (1861-65), he commanded a regiment of Texas Unionists and rose to the rank of Brigadier General.
During the reconstruction era, Davis led the radi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH53_price-daniel_Austin-TX.html
Texas statesman Price Daniel (1910-1988) was born in Dayton, Texas, the son of M.P. and Nannie Partlow Daniel. His career in state and national politics spanned six decades and included service in all three branches of state government.
After g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH4L_congress-avenue_Austin-TX.html
In his original 1839 plan for the capital city, Edwin Waller, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and Austin's first Mayor, designed Congress Avenue as Austin's most prominent street. Known for many years as "The Avenue", the street ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH4H_central-christian-church_Austin-TX.html
In 1847, Eight years after the City of Austin was platted, ten members of the Disciples of Christ Brotherhood met to organize this congregation. Although early records of the church are scarce, it is known that regular worship services were being …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH4F_daniel-h-caswell-house_Austin-TX.html
Daniel H. Caswell came to Austin from Nashville, Tennessee, about 1895. He purchased a cotton oil manufacturing company, bought and sold cotton, and in 1899 built a cotton gin. When completed for his family in 1900, this house was located in the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH4B_carrington-covert-house_Austin-TX.html
Leonidas D. Carrington (1816-97) and his wife, Martha Hill Carrington (1824-59), came to Austin from Mississippi in 1852. He began to accumulate real estate and on Sept. 15, 1853, bought this block from James M.W. Hall, Austin hotelman, and ten da…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH40_j-l-buaas-building_Austin-TX.html
Norwegian immigrant John L. Buaas moved to Austin in 1839 and in 1872 was appointed city alderman by reconstruction Governor E.J. Davis. In 1875 he built a mercantile store here. The two-story Italianate commercial structure was designed with two …