Details for Old Bakery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507014949
Data
| Marker Number | 14949 |
| Atlas Number | 5507014949 |
| Marker Title | Old Bakery |
| Index Entry | Bakery, Old |
| Address | 1006 Congress Ave. |
| City | Austin |
| County | Travis |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 621052 |
| UTM Northing | 3349612 |
| Subject Codes | Swedish immigrants/immigration; commercial buildings; restaurants |
| Marker Year | 1966 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | Old Bakery and Emporium, Congress Ave., W side between 10th and 11th streets. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | RTHL medallion and plate |
| Marker Text | Old Bakery, built 1876 by Chas. Lundberg. Bread then was not sliced or wrapped; children and maids waited with baskets to take home loaves hot from the oven. House specialties were sponge cake ladyfingers, glazed kisses, almond-meal macaroons. A front balcony (since razed) permitted a later baker, Henry Maerki, to photograph parades, including one in 1901 for U.S. President William McKinley. Now Austin Heritage Society's Tourist Information Center. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966 |