Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX
Summary
Significance: A fine pink granite building with Renaissance detailing. Design chosen by Napoleon le Brun in a competition. Myers, the architect, also designed the capitol of Michigan, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-149
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-217
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1717
Survey number: HABS TX-3326
Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1983 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000770
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Tags
capitols
austin
texas
capitol
texas state capitol
eleventh
eleventh street
congress
congress avenue
travis
travis county
history of austin texas
justine christianson
historic american buildings survey
monica murphy
elijah e myers
photo
architecture
building plans
architectural diagrams
library of congress
national register of historic places
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Myers, Elijah E
Murphy, Monica, transmitter
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Location
austin
,
30.27274, -97.74108
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html