Edward Clark House Outbuilding
N 30° 16.476 W 097° 44.836
14R E 620493 N 3349878
The historic marker at what could be a former slave quarters on 11th Street in Austin
Waymark Code: WMTDX6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/08/2016
Views: 0
The Edward Denny Outbuilding is located west of the larger home at 604 West 11th Street in Austin.
Marker Number: 17293
Marker Text:
Edward Clark (Lt. Governor 1859-1861; Governor 1861) purchased four lots, including this property, in 1856. This brick structure likely served as an outbuilding, and possibly as slave quarters, during the period Clark lived in the adjacent home from 1856-1867. The layout of the home is typical of slave quarters for the period and could have housed the ten slaves clark owned. The vernacular, one-story load-bearing brick masonry building was constructed of double wythe, buff-colored Austin common brick. In the 1930s, original exterior features of the home were modified by owner Mamie Hatzfeld. Despite the changes, it is a rare surviving example of a pre-civil war residential building.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2012
Marker is property of the State of Texas
|
Visit Instructions:
Please include a picture in your log. You and your GPS receiver do not need to be in the picture. We encourage additional information about your visit (comments about the surrounding area, how you ended up near the marker, etc.) in the log.