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Marker No: 6458

Medallion & Plate

Texas Historic Landmark

​​National Register of Historic Places

Geographic: 30.281843,-97.750023

Marker Text: ​Tradition says architect Abner Cook built this house for Reuben and Mary Runner, about 1855. Some later owners were F.W. Chandler and H.E. Shelley, lawyers, 1863-1909; the May Thompson family, 1917-69. Originally the house faced east pre-empting the entire 1700 block, Rio Grande to West Avenue, with a separate kitchen, carriage house, other structures on the grounds. Severe changes and decay preceded the beginning of restoration by the Travis Williamson family in 1970. (1974)

Location: 1703 West Avenue, Austin