Detail from Augustus Koch,
Birds-Eye View of the City of Austin, 1873.
Center for American History, Univ. of Texas at Austin.
For the full map, click
here.
The house at top center is the
home of George Brizendine, a carpenter,
machinist, and miller from Kentucky. A saloon keeper lived in the
house on the northeast corner, and a shoemaker & others lived along the
south edge.
That's Little Shoal Creek
flowing down Nueces.
To see the listings for this block from the 1872 City Directory, click
here.
