Robert S. Stanley House
N 30° 14.754 W 097° 45.205
14R E 619937 N 3346690
The historic marker at the Robert Stanley House at 1811 Newton Street in Austin
Waymark Code: WMTDJV
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2016
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This cute house has been recognized with a state historic marker for the quality of its craftsmanship.
Marker Number: 15037
Marker Text:
Travis County native Robert S. Stanley (1863-1941), an African-American stonemason and laborer, built this home for his wife Francis and their children in 1895. He later built a stone building on West Mary Street (1927) which his second wife Jennie operated as a general store. The front-gabled vernacular house exhibits Stanley's craftmanship in its rusticate load-bearing and veneer limestone constructino, two-foot thick stone half-basement, and longleaf pine framing and floors. The house remained in the Stanley family for more than a century. Stanley is buried at Austin's Evergreen Cemetery.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-2001
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