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Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

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Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

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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

date_range

Date

1933 - 1970
person

Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Myers, Elijah E
Murphy, Monica, transmitter
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
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