| Marker Number |
15037 |
| Atlas Number |
5507015037 |
| Marker Title |
Robert S. Stanley House |
| Index Entry |
Stanley, Robert S., House |
| Address |
1811 Newton |
| City |
Austin |
| County |
Travis |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
619964 |
| UTM Northing |
3346759 |
| Subject Codes |
African American topics; vernacular (Architectural term); houses, residential buildings |
| Marker Year |
2001 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
Yes |
| Marker Location |
1811 Newton |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
RTHL medallion and 16" x 12" plaque |
| 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 |
