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The building functioned as the state's land office building until 1917 (60 years) when the agency moved to a larger building across the street. From 1919 until 1988 (70 years) the building housed museums run by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas on the second floor, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy on the first floor.
The complex contains three distinct postmodern towers. Tower one, designed by the Dallas-based Rossetti Associates, is clad in a bronze-tinted glass curtain wall with red mullion stripes; Tower two, designed by architecture firm Holt-Fatter-Scott, is a pueblo revival style building with a stucco facade; and Tower three, designed by WZMH Architects, is designed with concrete wall panels. [1]
The current Texas State Capitol is the fourth building to serve that purpose in Austin. The first was a two-room wooden structure (located on the northeast corner of 8th St and Colorado St) which served as the national capitol of the Texas Republic and continued as the seat of government upon Texas' admission to the Union.
The Austin History Center is the local history collection of the Austin Public Library and the city's historical archive.. The building opened as the official Austin Public Library in 1933 and served as the main library until 1979, [2] when library functions moved to the John Henry Faulk Library, a newer facility next door.
A cave under the site of the building was discovered and had to be plugged before the foundation could really be set. [6] Contractors for the Old Main Building were Francis Fischer & R.C. Lambie of Austin, Texas. Once other buildings began opening on campus to hold classes, the building was used as the university's administration building. [5]
The Westgate Tower is a mixed-use high-rise building in downtown Austin, Texas.The twenty-six-story 261-foot (80 m) tower block was designed in 1962 and completed in 1966; its name reflects its location across the street from the west gate of the Texas State Capitol.
[citation needed] Today, the building houses the offices for the Secretary of State. [3] The building is located at 1019 Brazos Street, immediately south of the old General Land Office building and east of the Dewitt C. Greer State Highway Building. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places along with the Greer Building on ...
The Bullock Texas State History Museum (often referred to as the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum or Bullock Museum) is a history museum in Austin, Texas.The museum, located a few blocks north of the Texas State Capitol at 1800 North Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, is dedicated to interpreting the continually unfolding "Story of Texas" to the broadest possible audience through ...