Detail from Sanborn Insurance Map of Austin, Texas,
1935-Sept.1961, Sheet 30. For the key to the map, click here.
To access the map through the Austin Public Library, click
here.
Philanthropist Emily Wheelock Howson, who owned the
North Flats, passed away in 1957, but she
had made arrangements for several of her friends to continue living there
rent-free for the rest of their lives.
Sources: Sue Brandt McBee, Austin: The Past Still Present,
Heritage Society of Austin, 1975, pg. 126.
