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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Austin
Austin, Texas and Vicinity
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| | Erected 1858 by Chas. Johnson, near the Wm. McGill Ford on the Colorado River. Built by fellow Swedes, of native stone from his own quarry and lime kiln.
Walls are 18 inches thick. A stone-paved breezeway joined the two wings of the building. . . . — — Map (db m25703) HM |
| | Charles Johnson was a native of Sweden who settled in Austin in 1854. In 1858 he built his main residence near Deep Eddy along the Colorado River, which presently is the American Legion. The Johnson Ranch, consisting of 124 acres, was procured in . . . — — Map (db m66440) HM |
| | The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum was designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) and opened in the spring of 1971. The design featured the monumental library building clad in Roman travertine and an expansive plaza . . . — — Map (db m35834) HM |
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This library and archives opened in 1961 to house and protect Texas’ priceless historical treasures and to support and improve library services in the state. Noted Texas authors, including James Michener, Walter Prescott Webb, and Jack . . . — — Map (db m112212) HM |
| | Edward E. Zimmerman came to Texas, 1844, from Germany; settled here, 1854, with wife Regina Reinhard. They had 5 children. Zimmerman built this early Texas farmhouse, 1861, of hand-hewn cream colored rock from nearby hills; lumber from Bull Creek . . . — — Map (db m139263) HM |
| | In 1947, C.J. Stark opened the original Skyline Club in North Austin. For the better part of a half a century this neon giant heralded the likes of Patsy Cline, Roger Miller, Elvis Presley, Hank Thompson, Lefty Frizzell, The Geezinslaws, and . . . — — Map (db m68814) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m26342) HM |
| | Monroe Martin Shipe (b. 1847) had this residence built in 1892 in Austin’s Hyde Park, a suburb which he developed on the site of the old state fairgrounds. A man of broad vision, Shipe brought innovative changes to the city’s form of government, its . . . — — Map (db m26531) HM |
| | Austin became the capital of Texas Jan. 19, 1840, and
this hill was platted as Capitol Square. A modest
statehouse built here in the 1850s soon developed
structural flaws. The Constitutional Convention of
1876 set aside about 3,000,000 acres . . . — — Map (db m25667) HM |
| | Dedicated to the pursuit of education and humanitarian programs, the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs was founded in 1897. The goal of a permanent state headquarters was realized with the construction of this building in the early 1930s. Designed . . . — — Map (db m25710) HM |
| | Tennessean William Hickman Hill settled in Austin in the 1850s. He and his family became cultural and civic leaders. A grandson, William Green Hill (1853-1903), and his wife Ella Ione (Sanders) had this house built in 1890, angling it to catch . . . — — Map (db m119539) HM |
| | Legal efforts to enfranchise women in Texas can be traced to 1868, when Rep. T.H. Mundine of Burleson introduced a Woman Suffrage Bill in the State Legislature. In the following five decades Texas women formed suffrage organizations to lobby for . . . — — Map (db m25684) HM |
| | Courthouse built here in 1930, 91st year of Travis County, which in early Texas was in municipality of Mina (later Bastrop) or Travis District, named for Wm. B. Travis, commander at the Alamo. Site of present-day Austin was chosen in 1839 (4th year . . . — — Map (db m26691) HM |
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(front)
Born in Tennessee
January 31, 1788
Died in Bastrop County, Texas
January 11, 1854.
His wife
Eliza De Witt Hardeman
Born Sept. 17, 1809
Died Feb. 8, 1863.
(back)
Member Second Congress
Republic of Texas; . . . — — Map (db m25650) HM |
| | 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. — — Map (db m26236) HM |
| | 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. The . . . — — Map (db m25679) HM |
| | Founded in 1875 by the Rev. George J. Tillotson with the support of the American Missionary Association and congregational churches, Tillotson Collegiate and Normal Institute was chartered in 1877. Building on a foundation already set in Austin by . . . — — Map (db m26647) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m155951) HM |
| | In 1984, a small group of residents from modest nearby
neighborhoods banded together forming the Town Lake Park
Alliance (TLPA) to preserve this city-owned waterfront for
public benefit. TLPA emerged in response to a proposal to
construct a . . . — — Map (db m134014) HM |
| | Named in honor of William Barret Travis. Born in Edgefield District, South Carolina, August 1, 1809. Came to Texas in 1831. Commander at the Alamo where he was killed March 6, 1836.
Austin, the county seat, selected as the Capital of the Republic . . . — — Map (db m26686) HM |
| | The Tyler rose developed from a “native” rose planted by Cherokee Indians to mark tribal trails in the early 1800’s. The rose developed a hardy root system now grafted to create classic hybrids.
These roses are shipped by Tyler . . . — — Map (db m26694) HM |
| | 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor December 7.
1942 Battle of Coral Sea-May 7 Battle of Midway-June 4 US offensive at Guadalcanal-August 7 Papua New Guinea Campaign-September 15 Operation Torch North Africa-November 8 1943 North . . . — — Map (db m108578) WM |
| | In 1910, the president of the University of Texas at Austin instructed the extension department to organize an academic league for secondary schools to promote educational outreach in the state. At the December 1910 Texas State Teachers Association . . . — — Map (db m42889) HM |
| | Interfecti August 1, 1966
Thomas Aquinas Ashton
Dr. Robert H. Boyer
Thomas Frederick Eckman
Mark Jerome Gabour
Karen Joan Griffith
David H. Gunby
Thomas Ray Karr
Marguerite Gabour Lamport
Claudia Rutt
Roy Dell Schmidt
Paul . . . — — Map (db m133996) |
| | During World War II, segregation prevented African American servicemen from enjoying most civilian restaurants and recreational facilities. In an effort to address this issue, Austin civic leaders urged the city, through its “Negro War . . . — — Map (db m149465) HM |
| | Charles Klein bought house from F. Huster, 1868. Leased it to German-American Ladies College (1873-90). Texas German and English Academy (1880-81) and deeded it, 1882, to daughter, Caroline (1834-19), widow of John Wahrenberger (1812-64). Early . . . — — Map (db m25698) HM |
| | Before electricity, flowing water was a prime source of energy to run mills for sawing lumber and grinding grains. The Mormons are credited with construction, in 1846, of one of Travis County's first mills on Bull Creek. That mill was created after . . . — — Map (db m108843) HM |
| | Organized in Burdett schoolhouse in 1856 with 10 members. First pastor was the Rev. R.B. Burleson.
Stone for the original structure was quarried locally. Lumber was hauled by ox-wagons from Bastrop.
In early days, building served as . . . — — Map (db m57564) HM |
| | 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. . . . — — Map (db m29519) HM |
| | This two-story Victorian house was built in 1876 for the family of Walter Tips (1841-1911), a prosperous hardware merchant. A native of Germany and Confederate veteran, Tips served in the state senate, 1893-96. The home was remodeled in 1909 to its . . . — — Map (db m26648) HM |
| | Waters Park was a multi-ethnic community located north of Austin in the 19th century. The Austin & Northwestern Railroad, which built a line through here to transport granite for construction of the state capitol, built a recreational park in Waters . . . — — Map (db m70924) HM |
| | Built about 1850 by famed pioneer architect Abner Cook, for Waymen Wells, who lived 10 miles north, but needed town house for business and pleasure trips. His grandchildren, the LaRues, moved in to attend school sessions. Third generation now lives . . . — — Map (db m26729) HM |
| | This congregation was established at the end of the Civil War for freedmen of the Austin area. It was begun through the efforts of the Rev. Joseph Welch, a white Methodist missionary, and the Rev. Isaac Wright, a black minister of the Methodist . . . — — Map (db m26763) HM |
| | Tradition says architect Abner Cook built this house for Reuben and Mary Runner, about 1855. Some later owners were F.W. Chandler and H.E. Shelley, lawyers, 1863-1909; the May Thompson family, 1917-69. Originally the house faced east, pre-empting . . . — — Map (db m26764) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m25674) HM |
| | Born New York. Graduate West Point. In Seminole and Mexican Wars. Resigned U.S. Army to serve Confederacy. Colonel 7th Texas Cavalry. In New Mexico campaign 1862. Earned promotion to Brigadier General. Commander Indian Territory 1863 and Galveston . . . — — Map (db m26579) HM |
| | Who served under
General Jackson
in the Creek War, 1813
Soldier in the Army of Texas, 1835
Born in Maury County, Tennessee
January 12, 1792
Died in Guadalupe County, Texas
February 15, 1871
His wife
Kissiah Hines Tom
Born . . . — — Map (db m44738) HM |
| | This c. 1911 home is associated with two important Austin families. New York native Harvey Murdock Williams, a bookkeeper at Ramsey Nursery, and his wife, Euphemia (Sinclair), built the house. In the early 1940s, it passed to their son, Harvey . . . — — Map (db m26768) HM |
| | A member of Captain Jesse Billingsley’s company at San Jacinto. Born in North Carolina October 15, 1809. Died in Williamson County, Texas July 17, 1889. His wife, Elzina (Weeks) Avery. Born in Missouri November 10, 1812. Died in Williamson County, . . . — — Map (db m25760) HM |
| | Born in Missouri
1811
Died in Bastrop County, Texas
May 6, 1880
Participated in the
Battle of Gonzales
October 2, 1835
Served in the Texas Army, 1836
and in the Woll Campaign, 1842 — — Map (db m44739) HM |
| | This area was designated as a public square on original 1839 plat of City of Austin, but lay vacant for 70 years. In an era of civic pride, the park was developed and opened on June 18, 1909, with dedicatory address being made by the Honorable A.P. . . . — — Map (db m26772) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m26160) HM |
| | Jurist, educator and author born in North Carolina, he came in 1870 to Texas, where he married Luella Robertson, granddaughter of founder of Robertson Colony.
Practiced law in Austin; also filled numerous commitments to State and City: Chairman, . . . — — Map (db m25699) HM |
| | Soon after Texas became a republic in 1836, the government divided land in this area for settlement. Ample timber, fresh water sources and wildlife attracted many to establish communities along Brushy Creek. The Legislature organized these . . . — — Map (db m119742) HM |
| | This area was first settled in the 1840s by Henry Rhodes. He was soon joined by such pioneers as Elisha Prewitt, who fought in the Battle of San Jacinto, and Civil War veterans Elisha Rhodes, J. Bryon Jenkins, and William H. Thompson, whose home at . . . — — Map (db m119231) HM |
| | After James O. Rice settled in the 1850s near a spring-fed pond, the area was called “Pond Springs”. By 1854 a log school building was erected near the pond (1 Mi. N) and also served for worship and a social center. Thomas S. Rutledge . . . — — Map (db m24934) HM |
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