Landmarks in Austin, Texas

Inscription. Built about 1838 on "Govalle" ("good grazing land in Swedish"). Ranch of S. M. Swenson, settler who encouraged migration of his countrymen to Texas as a copy of cabins built 1638 by Swedish colonists in Delaware. Home, ... More on HMDB

The entrance to Robber Baron Cave is a large sinkhole. It was developed as a showcave in 1926, and until its closure in 1933 some 300,000 people have visited the cave. The visitors were lowered to the entrance with a ... More on showcaves.com

Inscription. Edward E. Zimmerman came to Texas, 1844, from Germany; settled here, 1854, with wife Regina Reinhard. They had 5 children. Zimmerman built this early Texas farmhouse, 1861, of hand-hewn cream colored rock from nearby ... More on HMDB

Inscription. This residence is one of several erected in south Austin during the 1890's by Developer Nichols Dawson (1864-1939). Constructed of stone quarried in the vicinity, the small houses were similar in design, with Hexagonal ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Norwegian immigrant John L. Buaas moved to Austin in 1839 and in 1872 was appointed city alderman by reconstruction Governor E. J. Davis. In 1875 he built a mercantile store here. The two-story Italianate commercial structure ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum was designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) and opened in the spring of 1971. The design featured the monumental library building clad in Roman travertine ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Organized in 1887, this congregation first met in a small wooden building near this site. The Rev. Stephens Smith served as first pastor of the church, which served residents of the Waters Park, Round Rock, and Pflugerville ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Henry Smith (1788-1851) immersed himself in public affairs soon after arriving in Texas in 1827. Initially a local political leader in what is now Brazoria County, he was appointed in 1835 as a delegate to the San Felipe ... More on HMDB

Inscription. When M. M. Long and his family moved here from Bastrop in the 1860s, the first floor of this structure served as the livery stable for Longs Austin to Burnet and Lampasas stage line. On the second floor Long ran an opera ... More on HMDB

Inscription. In the 1860s, the Roberts and Teague families came to the Bee Cave area where, for generations, their skills as farmers, ranchers, cedar choppers, coal kiln burners, and homemakers helped to shape its development and ... More on HMDB