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Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Sixteenth Street & Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Sixteenth Street & Congress Avenue, Austin...

Significance: Swedish immigrants to Texas were inaugurated by Swante Magnus Swenson when he arrived in the Republic of Texas during 1838. Inspiring other groups from his native Smaland. He caused the local Swed... More

Lundberg Bakery, 1006 Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Lundberg Bakery, 1006 Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Significance: The Lundberg Bakery is an important commercial and historical landmark in Austin. Built in 1875-76, it first housed successful bakery business of Charles Lundberg, and continued to be used as a ba... More

Lundberg Bakery, 1006 Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Lundberg Bakery, 1006 Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Significance: The Lundberg Bakery is an important commercial and historical landmark in Austin. Built in 1875-76, it first housed successful bakery business of Charles Lundberg, and continued to be used as a ba... More

Camp Mabry, Building No. 15, 2200 West Thirty-fifth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Camp Mabry, Building No. 15, 2200 West Thirty-fifth Street, Austin, Tr...

2002 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Building 15, originally Barrack 6, is one of four remaining 1918 barrack buildings that represents a World War I-era building campaign at Camp Mabry in Austin... More

Reed Hall, 3200 Bowman Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Reed Hall, 3200 Bowman Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Significance: It was a prominent example of Tudor Revival estate design in Austin, and the primary residence of Roberta Reed Dickson Crenshaw (1914-2005), a local philanthropist. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

Reed Hall, 3200 Bowman Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Reed Hall, 3200 Bowman Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Significance: It was a prominent example of Tudor Revival estate design in Austin, and the primary residence of Roberta Reed Dickson Crenshaw (1914-2005), a local philanthropist. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

Reed Hall, 3200 Bowman Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Reed Hall, 3200 Bowman Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Significance: It was a prominent example of Tudor Revival estate design in Austin, and the primary residence of Roberta Reed Dickson Crenshaw (1914-2005), a local philanthropist. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

Reed Hall, 3200 Bowman Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Reed Hall, 3200 Bowman Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Significance: It was a prominent example of Tudor Revival estate design in Austin, and the primary residence of Roberta Reed Dickson Crenshaw (1914-2005), a local philanthropist. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

French Legation to Republic of Texas, Seventh & San Marcos Streets, Austin, Travis County, TX

French Legation to Republic of Texas, Seventh & San Marcos Streets, Au...

Survey number: HABS TX-33-C-1 Building/structure dates: ca. 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

Carrington-Covert House, 1511 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Carrington-Covert House, 1511 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, ...

Significance: One of the last remaining 1850's residential buildings in area around Texas State Capitol. Built by Leonidas Davis Carrington, merchant and land speculator. Survey number: HABS TX-3311 Building/... More

Stephenville Crossing Bridge, Spanning Leon River at County Route No. 176 (Moved to Private Road south of State Route 71, Briarcliff vicinity, Travis county), Hamilton, Hamilton County, TX

Stephenville Crossing Bridge, Spanning Leon River at County Route No. ...

Significance: This pin-connected Pratt through truss is a surviving example of a standard roadway bridge used in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The Stephenville Crossing Bridge features ornat... More

West Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek at West Sixth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

West Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek at West Sixth Street, A...

Significance: This bridge, one of the state's oldest masonry arches, is located at the site of the first bridge in Austin and continues to serve one of the city's principal east-west arteries. Unprocessed Fiel... More

West Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek at West Sixth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

West Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek at West Sixth Street, A...

Significance: This bridge, one of the state's oldest masonry arches, is located at the site of the first bridge in Austin and continues to serve one of the city's principal east-west arteries. Unprocessed Fiel... More

Judge Sebron G. Sneed House, Route I-35 & Bluff Springs Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

Judge Sebron G. Sneed House, Route I-35 & Bluff Springs Road, Austin, ...

Significance: In 1854, Judge Sebron G. Sneed moved his entire family from Fayetteville, Arkansas to his newly acquired 470 acre farm south of the present city of Austin. Construction of a permanent family resid... More

Laguna Gloria, 3809 West Thirty-Fifth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Laguna Gloria, 3809 West Thirty-Fifth Street, Austin, Travis County, T...

2001 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: The historic Laguna Gloria property at 3809 W. Thirty-fifth Street in Austin, Texas, is the former home of influential aesthete, preservationist, and b... More

Laguna Gloria, 3809 West Thirty-Fifth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Laguna Gloria, 3809 West Thirty-Fifth Street, Austin, Travis County, T...

2001 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: The historic Laguna Gloria property at 3809 W. Thirty-fifth Street in Austin, Texas, is the former home of influential aesthete, preservationist, and b... More

Zilker Park Club House, 200 Clubhouse Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

Zilker Park Club House, 200 Clubhouse Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

2006 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: It was originally built as a Boy Scouts of America Clubhouse. Workers from the Civil Works Administration erected it in 1934. The Clubhouse and the surroundin... More

Zilker Park Club House, 200 Clubhouse Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

Zilker Park Club House, 200 Clubhouse Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

2006 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: It was originally built as a Boy Scouts of America Clubhouse. Workers from the Civil Works Administration erected it in 1934. The Clubhouse and the surroundin... More

Zilker Park Club House, 200 Clubhouse Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

Zilker Park Club House, 200 Clubhouse Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

2006 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: It was originally built as a Boy Scouts of America Clubhouse. Workers from the Civil Works Administration erected it in 1934. The Clubhouse and the surroundin... More

Zilker Park Club House, 200 Clubhouse Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

Zilker Park Club House, 200 Clubhouse Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

2006 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: It was originally built as a Boy Scouts of America Clubhouse. Workers from the Civil Works Administration erected it in 1934. The Clubhouse and the surroundin... More

Zilker Park Club House, 200 Clubhouse Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

Zilker Park Club House, 200 Clubhouse Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

2006 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: It was originally built as a Boy Scouts of America Clubhouse. Workers from the Civil Works Administration erected it in 1934. The Clubhouse and the surroundin... More

Neill-Cochran House, 2310 San Gabriel, Austin, Travis County, TX

Neill-Cochran House, 2310 San Gabriel, Austin, Travis County, TX

Survey number: HABS TX-3391 Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John H. Houghton House, 307 West Twelfth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

John H. Houghton House, 307 West Twelfth Street, Austin, Travis County...

Significance: The John H. Houghton House was one of the larger, more elegant residences built in the late nineteenth century in the Capitol area. Its original owner, John H. Houghton, a prominent Austin busines... More

John H. Houghton House, 307 West Twelfth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

John H. Houghton House, 307 West Twelfth Street, Austin, Travis County...

Significance: The John H. Houghton House was one of the larger, more elegant residences built in the late nineteenth century in the Capitol area. Its original owner, John H. Houghton, a prominent Austin busines... More

Nathaniel Raymond House, 204 East Twenty-fourth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Nathaniel Raymond House, 204 East Twenty-fourth Street, Austin, Travis...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-41 Survey number: HABS TX-331 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1893 Subsequent Work

Nathaniel Raymond House, 204 East Twenty-fourth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Nathaniel Raymond House, 204 East Twenty-fourth Street, Austin, Travis...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-41 Survey number: HABS TX-331 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1893 Subsequent Work

Governor Elisha M. Pease Mansion, 6 Niles Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

Governor Elisha M. Pease Mansion, 6 Niles Road, Austin, Travis County,...

Survey number: HABS TX-330 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction

Sampson-Nalle House, 1003 Rio Grande Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Sampson-Nalle House, 1003 Rio Grande Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr 2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The two-story limestone house, as completed in 1877, is characterized by its simple form, asymmetrical plan, and... More

Eugene Bremond House, 404 West Seventh Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Eugene Bremond House, 404 West Seventh Street, Austin, Travis County, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Governor's Mansion, 1010 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Governor's Mansion, 1010 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28 Survey number: HABS TX-33-C-4 Building/structure dates: after 1850 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000896

Governor's Mansion, 1010 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Governor's Mansion, 1010 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28 Survey number: HABS TX-33-C-4 Building/structure dates: after 1850 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000896

Governor's Mansion, 1010 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Governor's Mansion, 1010 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28 Survey number: HABS TX-33-C-4 Building/structure dates: after 1850 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000896

Land Office, 108 East Eleventh Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Land Office, 108 East Eleventh Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Significance: The Old Land Office Building is the oldest known public building in Austin and was the second Land Office Building constructed in the City. O. Henry, the noted short story writer used the building... More

Land Office, 108 East Eleventh Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Land Office, 108 East Eleventh Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Significance: The Old Land Office Building is the oldest known public building in Austin and was the second Land Office Building constructed in the City. O. Henry, the noted short story writer used the building... More

Land Office, 108 East Eleventh Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Land Office, 108 East Eleventh Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Significance: The Old Land Office Building is the oldest known public building in Austin and was the second Land Office Building constructed in the City. O. Henry, the noted short story writer used the building... More

Carrington-Covert House, 1511 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Carrington-Covert House, 1511 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, ...

Significance: One of the last remaining 1850's residential buildings in area around Texas State Capitol. Built by Leonidas Davis Carrington, merchant and land speculator. Survey number: HABS TX-3311 Building/... More

Taylor-Hunnicutt House, 405 West Twelfth Street (moved from Guadalupe Street), Austin, Travis County, TX

Taylor-Hunnicutt House, 405 West Twelfth Street (moved from Guadalupe ...

Significance: The Taylor-Hunnicutt House was built in 1872 by Dr. Matthew A. Taylor, a leading Austin physician, businessman, and investor. Dr. Taylor's widow married Hicklin P. Hunnicutt and the house remained... More

Judge Sebron G. Sneed House, Route I-35 & Bluff Springs Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

Judge Sebron G. Sneed House, Route I-35 & Bluff Springs Road, Austin, ...

Significance: In 1854, Judge Sebron G. Sneed moved his entire family from Fayetteville, Arkansas to his newly acquired 470 acre farm south of the present city of Austin. Construction of a permanent family resid... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Austin, Travis County, Texas.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Austin, Travis County, Texas.

1900. 55 Sheet(s). Bound. Texas fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil... More

Zilker Park Club House, 200 Clubhouse Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

Zilker Park Club House, 200 Clubhouse Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

2006 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: It was originally built as a Boy Scouts of America Clubhouse. Workers from the Civil Works Administration erected it in 1934. The Clubhouse and the surroundin... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Austin, Travis County, Texas.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Austin, Travis County, Texas.

Jun 1885. 8 Sheet(s). Texas fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. T... More

North-Evans Chateau, 708 San Antonio Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

North-Evans Chateau, 708 San Antonio Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: As a part of the Bremond Block Historic District, the North-Evans Chateau remains as one of Austin's few surviving large-scale Vict... More

Governor's Mansion, 1010 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Governor's Mansion, 1010 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28 Survey number: HABS TX-33-C-4 Building/structure dates: after 1850 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000896

Plowed land in front of farmhouse in Travis County, Texas

Plowed land in front of farmhouse in Travis County, Texas

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Austin, Travis County, Texas

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Austin, Travis County, Texas

Jul 1889. 15 Sheet(s). Texas fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. ... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Austin, Travis County, Texas

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Austin, Travis County, Texas

Jul 1889. 15 Sheet(s). Texas fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. ... More

Lundberg Bakery, 1006 Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Lundberg Bakery, 1006 Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Significance: The Lundberg Bakery is an important commercial and historical landmark in Austin. Built in 1875-76, it first housed successful bakery business of Charles Lundberg, and continued to be used as a ba... More

Camp Mabry, Building No. 15, 2200 West Thirty-fifth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Camp Mabry, Building No. 15, 2200 West Thirty-fifth Street, Austin, Tr...

2002 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Building 15, originally Barrack 6, is one of four remaining 1918 barrack buildings that represents a World War I-era building campaign at Camp Mabry in Austin... More

French Legation to Republic of Texas, Seventh & San Marcos Streets, Austin, Travis County, TX

French Legation to Republic of Texas, Seventh & San Marcos Streets, Au...

Survey number: HABS TX-33-C-1 Building/structure dates: ca. 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work

Taylor-Hunnicutt House, 405 West Twelfth Street (moved from Guadalupe Street), Austin, Travis County, TX

Taylor-Hunnicutt House, 405 West Twelfth Street (moved from Guadalupe ...

Significance: The Taylor-Hunnicutt House was built in 1872 by Dr. Matthew A. Taylor, a leading Austin physician, businessman, and investor. Dr. Taylor's widow married Hicklin P. Hunnicutt and the house remained... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Austin, Travis County, Texas.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Austin, Travis County, Texas.

Jun 1885. 8 Sheet(s). Texas fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. T... More

Orsay Tenant House, 310 East Fourteenth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Orsay Tenant House, 310 East Fourteenth Street, Austin, Travis County,...

Significance: The Orsay Tenant House is typical of the simple small stone houses built in Austin in the mid to late nineteenth century. Only a few of these simple buildings remain in the Capitol area. Unproces... More

John Bremond House, West Seventh & Guadalupe Streets, Austin, Travis County, TX

John Bremond House, West Seventh & Guadalupe Streets, Austin, Travis C...

Significance: The John Bremond House is one of six residences located on the same city block and built either by a Bremond or Robinson, prominent Austin businessmen of the last century. This block was a neighbo... More

North-Evans Chateau, 708 San Antonio Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

North-Evans Chateau, 708 San Antonio Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: As a part of the Bremond Block Historic District, the North-Evans Chateau remains as one of Austin's few surviving large-scale Vict... More

Goodman Building, 202 West Thirteenth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Goodman Building, 202 West Thirteenth Street, Austin, Travis County, T...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fire insurance map, fire insurance plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fire insurance map, fire insurance plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Sixteenth Street & Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Sixteenth Street & Congress Avenue, Austin...

Significance: Swedish immigrants to Texas were inaugurated by Swante Magnus Swenson when he arrived in the Republic of Texas during 1838. Inspiring other groups from his native Smaland. He caused the local Swed... More

Lundberg Bakery, 1006 Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Lundberg Bakery, 1006 Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Significance: The Lundberg Bakery is an important commercial and historical landmark in Austin. Built in 1875-76, it first housed successful bakery business of Charles Lundberg, and continued to be used as a ba... More

Camp Mabry, Building No. 15, 2200 West Thirty-fifth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Camp Mabry, Building No. 15, 2200 West Thirty-fifth Street, Austin, Tr...

2002 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Building 15, originally Barrack 6, is one of four remaining 1918 barrack buildings that represents a World War I-era building campaign at Camp Mabry in Austin... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

504 West Fourteenth Street (House), Austin, Travis County, TX

504 West Fourteenth Street (House), Austin, Travis County, TX

Significance: The residence of 504 West Fourteenth Street is typical of the small stone houses built in Austin during the late nineteenth century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-... More

Judge Sebron G. Sneed House, Route I-35 & Bluff Springs Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

Judge Sebron G. Sneed House, Route I-35 & Bluff Springs Road, Austin, ...

Significance: In 1854, Judge Sebron G. Sneed moved his entire family from Fayetteville, Arkansas to his newly acquired 470 acre farm south of the present city of Austin. Construction of a permanent family resid... More

Nathaniel Raymond House, 204 East Twenty-fourth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Nathaniel Raymond House, 204 East Twenty-fourth Street, Austin, Travis...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-41 Survey number: HABS TX-331 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1893 Subsequent Work

North-Evans Chateau, 708 San Antonio Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

North-Evans Chateau, 708 San Antonio Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: As a part of the Bremond Block Historic District, the North-Evans Chateau remains as one of Austin's few surviving large-scale Vict... More

Governor Elisha M. Pease Mansion, 6 Niles Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

Governor Elisha M. Pease Mansion, 6 Niles Road, Austin, Travis County,...

Survey number: HABS TX-330 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction

Sampson-Nalle House, 1003 Rio Grande Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Sampson-Nalle House, 1003 Rio Grande Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr 2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The two-story limestone house, as completed in 1877, is characterized by its simple form, asymmetrical plan, and... More

Sampson-Nalle House, 1003 Rio Grande Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Sampson-Nalle House, 1003 Rio Grande Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr 2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The two-story limestone house, as completed in 1877, is characterized by its simple form, asymmetrical plan, and... More

Sampson-Nalle House, 1003 Rio Grande Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Sampson-Nalle House, 1003 Rio Grande Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr 2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The two-story limestone house, as completed in 1877, is characterized by its simple form, asymmetrical plan, and... More

Barn on cotton farm in Travis County, Texas

Barn on cotton farm in Travis County, Texas

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Austin, Travis County, Texas

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Austin, Travis County, Texas

Jul 1889. 15 Sheet(s). Texas fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. ... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fire insurance map, fire insurance plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fire insurance map, fire insurance plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lundberg Bakery, 1006 Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Lundberg Bakery, 1006 Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

Significance: The Lundberg Bakery is an important commercial and historical landmark in Austin. Built in 1875-76, it first housed successful bakery business of Charles Lundberg, and continued to be used as a ba... More

French Legation to Republic of Texas, Seventh & San Marcos Streets, Austin, Travis County, TX

French Legation to Republic of Texas, Seventh & San Marcos Streets, Au...

Survey number: HABS TX-33-C-1 Building/structure dates: ca. 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

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

Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...

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.... More

Taylor-Hunnicutt House, 405 West Twelfth Street (moved from Guadalupe Street), Austin, Travis County, TX

Taylor-Hunnicutt House, 405 West Twelfth Street (moved from Guadalupe ...

Significance: The Taylor-Hunnicutt House was built in 1872 by Dr. Matthew A. Taylor, a leading Austin physician, businessman, and investor. Dr. Taylor's widow married Hicklin P. Hunnicutt and the house remained... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Austin, Travis County, Texas.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Austin, Travis County, Texas.

1900. 55 Sheet(s). Bound. Texas fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil... More

Laguna Gloria, 3809 West Thirty-Fifth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Laguna Gloria, 3809 West Thirty-Fifth Street, Austin, Travis County, T...

2001 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: The historic Laguna Gloria property at 3809 W. Thirty-fifth Street in Austin, Texas, is the former home of influential aesthete, preservationist, and b... More

502 West Thirteenth Street (House), Austin, Travis County, TX

502 West Thirteenth Street (House), Austin, Travis County, TX

Significance: A fine example of the Italianate style, featuring round-arched windows, rustication, and quoining. Survey number: HABS TX-3295 Building/structure dates: 18t3 Initial Construction

North-Evans Chateau, 708 San Antonio Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

North-Evans Chateau, 708 San Antonio Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: As a part of the Bremond Block Historic District, the North-Evans Chateau remains as one of Austin's few surviving large-scale Vict... More

North-Evans Chateau, 708 San Antonio Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

North-Evans Chateau, 708 San Antonio Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: As a part of the Bremond Block Historic District, the North-Evans Chateau remains as one of Austin's few surviving large-scale Vict... More

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