FIRST -- Telephone Building in Austin, Austin TX
N 30° 16.000 W 097° 44.612
14R E 620862 N 3349002
The historic marker on the Southwestern Telephone & Telegraph Building, the first telephone building in Austin.
Waymark Code: WMTDC5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2016
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A handsome grey stone building at Congress and 4th street is the former home of the Southwestern Telephone & Telegraph Company. In 1898, this was the first telephone building in Austin.
From the State Historic marker in the front of the building:
"SOUTHWESTERN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY
Veteran Travis County official and historian Frank Brown (1833-1913) erected this structure in 1886. Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company bought and restyled the building in 1898. Architect A. O. Watson designed the ornate façade. Previously in rented quarters at various sites, S.T. & T. occupied this as the city’s first telephone building. The John L. Martin family owned the structure from 1922 to 1976.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark- 1977"
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1898
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