Travis County Historic Structures

Knowledge base extracted from the Travis County Historical Commission (TCHC) Review and Consolidation of Previous Travis County Survey Reports (February 2018), prepared by Hicks & Company. The survey consolidated seven previous TCHC survey areas plus a newly inventoried reconnaissance area totaling ~1,900+ resources. This file focuses on High Priority / NRHP-eligible and designated resources along with notable landmarks from the survey.

Survey areas covered: Manor, Northeast Travis County, Webberville Vicinity, Southeast Travis County, Southwest Travis County, Southwest-west Travis County, Northwest Travis County, and the Reconnaissance Survey Area (previously uninventoried portions).

Pflugerville

See also: Pflugerville (town note). The German Lutheran settlement community north of Austin produced one of the densest concentrations of late-19th/early-20th-century vernacular and Queen Anne architecture in Travis County.

Individual Properties

Albert Pfluger House (Local ID 276017)

• Address: 300 N. Fifth Street, Pflugerville
• Built: ca. 1890
• Style: Queen Anne
• Function: Domestic
• Status: High Priority; individually NRHP-eligible; contributing to proposed Pflugerville Residential Historic District
• Designations: RTHL, HTC, Local landmark
• Notes: Named for Albert Pfluger, son of German immigrant founder Henry Pfluger. One of the most architecturally intact examples of Queen Anne residential construction in Old Town Pflugerville.

William Pfluger House (Local ID 278005)

• Address: 1512 E. Pflugerville Parkway, Pflugerville
• Built: 1875
• Style: Vernacular
• Function: Domestic (currently vacant)
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible; RTHL and OTHM
• Designations: RTHL, OTHM
• Notes: Constructed for William Pfluger, one of the sons of Henry Pfluger, the German immigrant for whom Pflugerville is named. Vernacular home reflecting the German settler building tradition.

H.H. Pfluger House (Local ID 274642)

• Address: 101 Hall Street (erroneously listed as 101 August Street in THC Historic Sites Atlas), Pflugerville
• Built: ca. 1915
• Style: Queen Anne
• Function: Domestic
• Status: High Priority; contributing to Pflugerville Residential Historic District
• Notes: Part of the Pfluger family dynasty that founded and named the community.

Banner House (Local ID 274673)

• Address: 101 E. Pfluger Street, Pflugerville
• Built: ca. 1880
• Style: Queen Anne
• Function: Domestic
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible

Queen Anne House (Local ID 276171)

• Address: 112 W. Pecan Street, Pflugerville
• Built: ca. 1880
• Style: Queen Anne
• Function: Domestic
• Status: High Priority; individually NRHP-eligible (per TxDOT)
• Notes: Previously determined NRHP-eligible in TxDOT GIS survey.

House (Local ID 276185)

• Address: 100 S. Second Street, Pflugerville
• Built: ca. 1870
• Style: Vernacular
• Function: Domestic
• Status: High Priority; individually NRHP-eligible (per TxDOT)
• Notes: Ca. 1870 residence previously determined NRHP-eligible by TxDOT. Appears to have been constructed as a duplex or “twin” house — unusual floor plan.

Bohls House / Heritage House Museum (Local ID 481344)

• Address: 901 Old Austin-Hutto Road (also referenced as 910 Old Hutto Road), Pflugerville
• Built: 1913
• Style: Queen Anne
• Function: Recreation/Culture (museum)
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible; RTHL and OTHM
• Designations: RTHL, OTHM
• Notes: Queen Anne-style house constructed in 1913 for Gottlieb William Bohls (1878–1961) and his wife Bertha Timmerman. Built at its current location on their farm property. Now operates as the Heritage House Museum, preserving Pflugerville’s German immigrant history.

Bungalow (Local ID 274629)

• Address: 102 Willow Street, Pflugerville
• Built: ca. 1915
• Style: Craftsman Bungalow
• Function: Domestic
• Status: High Priority; individually NRHP-eligible (per TxDOT)
• Notes: Intact example of early 20th-century Craftsman bungalow. Addition of rear carport and replacement windows does not detract from overall design.

Bungalow (Local ID 274634)

• Address: 600 Paul Street, Pflugerville
• Built: ca. 1915
• Style: Craftsman Bungalow
• Function: Domestic
• Status: High Priority; individually NRHP-eligible

Bungalow (Local ID 274664)

• Address: 605 Paul Street, Pflugerville
• Built: ca. 1915
• Style: Craftsman Bungalow
• Function: Domestic
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible (Reconnaissance Survey)

Bungalow (Local ID 275978)

• Address: 401 W. Pecan Street, Pflugerville
• Built: ca. 1915
• Style: Craftsman Bungalow
• Function: Commerce/Trade
• Status: High Priority; individually NRHP-eligible (per TxDOT)

Queen Anne House (Local ID 281589)

• Address: 19347 Wilke Lane, Pflugerville
• Built: ca. 1910
• Style: Queen Anne
• Function: Domestic
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible (Reconnaissance Survey)
• Notes: Ca. 1910 Queen Anne-style house located along a rural road. Remains within an area altered by highway construction and suburban growth but retains significant architectural integrity.

Queen Anne House (Local ID 806319)

• Address: 15000 Cameron Road, Pflugerville
• Built: ca. 1900
• Style: Queen Anne
• Function: Domestic/Agricultural
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible (Reconnaissance Survey)
• Notes: Ca. 1900 Queen Anne-style house on a large agricultural parcel at the intersection of Cameron Road and SH 130. Features cross-gabled roof.

Queen Anne House and Barn (Local ID 841408)

• Address: 1604 Nightview Drive, Pflugerville
• Built: ca. 1900
• Style: Queen Anne
• Function: Domestic
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible (Reconnaissance Survey)
• Notes: Ca. 1900 Queen Anne-style home and adjacent barn located within a residential subdivision of ca. 1970s manufactured homes. House features steeply-pitched roof; setting altered but structure retains integrity.

Wuthrich Farms (House and Barn) (Local ID 716088)

• Address: Dessau Road / Willow Street, Pflugerville
• Built: 1912
• Style: Folk Victorian
• Function: Domestic/Agricultural
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible (Reconnaissance Survey)
• Notes: Large agricultural parcel with multiple structures including main house, large barn, and outbuildings. Both the house and barn constructed 1912 per CAD data. Property listed as Wuthrich Farms, Ltd. Historic aerials confirm the main structures remain standing.

Pflugerville Gym (Local ID 827536)

• Address: 700 W. Pecan Street, Pflugerville
• Built: 1934
• Style: Vernacular
• Function: Educational (gym/civic)
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible
• Designations: OTHM
• Notes: Constructed as the Pflugerville Gym in 1934 through the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Served as home to the Pflugerville Panthers football team until a newer facility was built. WPA construction is historically significant as part of New Deal public works. The address also corresponds to the “Pflugerville Schools” OTHM marker.

Truss Bridge, Immanuel Road over Gilleland Creek (Local ID 274729)

• Address: 400 Immanuel Road / Immanuel Road at E. Pecan Street, Pflugerville
• Built: ca. 1935
• Style: Engineering/Infrastructure
• Function: Transportation
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible (Reconnaissance Survey)

Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church (Local ID 272879)

• Address: 500 Immanuel Road, Pflugerville
• Built: 1929
• Style: Gothic Revival
• Function: Religious
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible
• Designations: OTHM
• Notes: Gothic Revival detailing in arched stained-glass windows. A large side addition constructed in 1967 has a side-gabled roof. A rear shed-roof addition also incorporated. The church exhibits notable architectural integrity for its style and period. An associated cemetery (Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery) is located at the Immanuel Road / Dove Haven Drive intersection — no separate designation.

East Main Street Historic District

NRHP-Listed District — 111–117 E. Main Street, Pflugerville

The district is the only NRHP-listed historic district in Pflugerville. The Farmers State Bank building (117 E. Main) is the most architecturally prominent structure.

Cemeteries and Religious Sites

Santa Maria Cemetery (Local ID 275727)

• Address: 1300 W. Pecan Street, Pflugerville
• Designations: HTC, OTHM
• Notes: Community cemetery with official HTC marker.

St. Mary’s Baptist Cemetery

• Location: Adjacent to Santa Maria Cemetery, Pflugerville
• Notes: No formal designation; associated with St. Mary’s Missionary Baptist Church.

St. Mary’s Missionary Baptist Church (Local ID 481315)

• Address: 1202 W. Pecan Street, Pflugerville
• Designations: OTHM
• Notes: Historic African-American congregation in Pflugerville.

Austin — East / Southeast (Decker Lake / FM 969 Corridor)

See also: Austin and East Austin. The FM 969 / Decker Lane corridor east of Austin contains some of the oldest continuously occupied farmland in Travis County, including sites dating to the Republic of Texas era.

El Rincon / Hornsby Cemetery (Local ID 190392)

• Address: 10696 FM 969 (approx. 0.5 mile west of FM 973/FM 969 intersection, south side), Austin
• Built / Established: ca. 1836 — present
• Function: Cemetery (multiple adjacent cemeteries)
• Status: NRHP-eligible; OTHM
• Designations: OTHM (Hornsby Cemetery); NHL, RTHL, HTC, SAL (in THC Atlas)
• Notes: One of the oldest sites in Travis County, associated with the Hornsby family — among the earliest Anglo settlers in the area. Encompasses El Rincon/Hornsby Cemetery and adjacent El Rincon/Hornsby-Mexican Cemetery on the east side. An Official Texas Historical Marker is located near the front entrance. The Hornsby Bend area along the Colorado River was settled as early as 1832.

Decker United Methodist Church (Local ID 214222)

• Address: 8304 (also referenced as 8604) Decker Lane, Austin
• Built: 1901–1902
• Style: Queen Anne with Gothic Revival detailing
• Function: Religious (active church + adjacent parsonage)
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible
• Designations: OTHM
• Notes: Wood-frame church with minimal Gothic Revival detailing in arched stained-glass windows. A large side addition (1967) and rear shed-roof addition have been incorporated. Located slightly behind the church on the same property is a ca. 1880s Queen Anne-style residence thought to be the 1884 parsonage — steeply pitched cross-gabled roof, decorative spindlework on front porch, decorative shingles in the gable end. The parsonage may also be individually NRHP-eligible. An OTHM commemorating the church and Decker community is located near the front entrance. The Decker community (also spelled Decker) was a distinct rural settlement; see also Decker Swedish Evangelical Free Church Cemetery (OTHM, FM 3177 between US-290 and Lindell Lane) and Decker Community Methodist Cemetery (FM 3177 south of Daffan Lane).

Queen Anne House / William Barr House (Local ID 236575)

• Address: 9608 Sprinkle Road (also referenced as 10463 Sprinkle Road for associated parcel 236620), Austin
• Built: 1872 (structure); associated parcel ca. 1875–1899
• Style: Queen Anne
• Function: Domestic (currently vacant)
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-listed (William Barr House)
• Designations: NRHP, RTHL, OTHM
• Notes: 1872 Queen Anne-style house. The associated William Barr House at 10463 Sprinkle Road is the NRHP-listed resource (criteria C, 1875–1899). Setting altered by adjacent suburban development. One of the few NRHP-listed individual residences in eastern Travis County.

Queen Anne House and Farmstead (Local ID 201586 / 476537)

• Address: Decker Lake Road (Hog Eye Road), Austin
• Built: ca. 1890
• Style: Queen Anne
• Function: Domestic/Agricultural
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible (Reconnaissance Survey)
• Notes: Ca. 1890 Queen Anne-style house on a large parcel with three additional barns/outbuildings (not visible from right-of-way). House features steeply-pitched hipped roof with front and rear projecting gables, interior brick chimney, wood siding with decorative shingles and vergeboard. Half-hipped front porch with turned wooden posts and spindlework. Rear gabled addition of historic age with board-and-batten siding.

Rock Quarry Missionary Baptist Church (Local ID 190378)

• Address: 10411 FM 969, Austin
• Built: 1940
• Function: Religious
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible (Criterion A)
• Notes: African-American congregation along the FM 969 corridor.

Thunderbird Farm (Local ID 201594 / 201590)

• Address: 9500 FM 969, Austin
• Built: ca. 1940 (complex)
• Function: Agricultural
• Status: NRHP-eligible (multiple structures, Criterion A)
• Notes: Large farm complex along FM 969 with multiple contributing elements individually surveyed by TxDOT, including: road/slab crossing (1940), farmhouse/residence (1945), rock quarry, commissary (1960), swimming pool (1960), entrance gate (1940), culverts, slabs, barn, water trough. Collectively recommended eligible as an agricultural complex. The commissary and pool reflect the scale of mid-20th-century agricultural operations in eastern Travis County.

Metal Truss Bridge, Old Manor Road over Walnut Creek (Local ID 142270)

• Address: Old Manor Road (at Walnut Creek crossing), Austin / Manor boundary
• Built: ca. 1925
• Style: Engineering/Infrastructure (metal truss)
• Function: Transportation
• Status: NRHP-eligible (Criterion C, engineering)
• Designations: Referenced in RTHL, HTC context
• Notes: Also referenced in Manor section below. The bridge is an intact early-20th-century metal truss design. Periods of significance ca. 1925–present.

Ross Family Cemetery (Local ID 298885)

• Address: 10900 San Jose Avenue, Austin
• Established: ca. 1885
• Function: Cemetery
• Status: NRHP-eligible (Criterion B)
• Notes: Family cemetery previously determined eligible by TxDOT; associated with early area settlers.

Albert Hergotz House and Farmstead (Local ID 288561)

• Address: 9521 Hergotz Lane, Austin
• Built: ca. 1880
• Style: Vernacular
• Function: Domestic (currently vacant)
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible (Reconnaissance Survey)
• Notes: Property consists of a 57-acre parcel formerly part of the Albert Hergotz homestead. Albert Hergotz (1847–?) was an early area settler. Hergotz Lane is named for the family. Setting altered by adjacent development but property retains integrity.

Henry-Bolm Farmstead / Bailey Ranch and Cemetery (Local ID 288435)

• Address: 8300 Hergotz Lane, Austin
• Built: ca. 1920s (primary structures)
• Style: Ranch
• Function: Domestic/Agricultural
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible (Reconnaissance Survey)
• Notes: Large (~700-acre) parcel abutting the eastern bank of the Colorado River. Historically associated with early settler Thomas H. Jones and the Bolm family. The farmstead retains landscape and agricultural integrity unusual in the rapidly developing eastern Austin area.

Jones-Bolm House (Local ID 288525)

• Address: 6818 Hergotz Lane, Austin
• Built: ca. 1852
• Style: Ranch (two-story limestone)
• Function: Domestic (currently vacant)
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible
• Designations: Neighborhood survey (THC Atlas)
• Notes: Two-story limestone residence constructed ca. 1852 for area landowner Thomas H. Jones. Land is associated with early Van [settlement context from survey]. One of the oldest extant structures in eastern Travis County.

McArthur-Sneed-Simnacher House (Local ID 855742)

• Address: 9501 Sherman Road, Austin
• Built: ca. 1850
• Style: Vernacular / Greek Revival
• Function: Domestic/Agricultural
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible (Reconnaissance Survey)
• Notes: Ca. 1850 vernacular Greek Revival-style house constructed for Nicholas McArthur (1812–1851) on 1,200 acres purchased by him and his wife Lodoiska Doyle (1823–1853). Lodoiska was the only child of early settlers James and Mary Doyle, who had extensive landholdings in the area. Nicholas McArthur donated land and a log cabin to the community for a school (Colorado School) and helped construct the first Land Office Building in Austin in 1851. McArthur died that year; his wife died in 1853, leaving children with the Doyle grandparents. Their daughter Mary Elizabeth McArthur (1848–1902) married William Jasper Sneed in 1865. An associated Sneed-McArthur Cemetery is located on Sherman Road (north side, east of Dalton Lane) — no formal designation per THC Atlas. Research provided by historian Lanny Ottosen.

Austin — Southwest / Manchaca

It’s About Thyme Nursery / Dodson House (Local ID 852225)

• Address: 11726 Manchaca Road, Austin
• Built: ca. 1900
• Style: Folk Victorian
• Function: Commerce/Trade (current use: nursery)
• Status: Surveyed; TxDOT found “Not Eligible” (criteria A, B); TCHC reconnaissance survey provides fuller context
• Notes: Ca. 1900 house associated with early African-American settlers Jack and Mary Dodson, who came to the Manchaca area ca. 1900 and established a meat market. The property retains historic-age fabric. The TxDOT not-eligible determination is disputed by the fuller reconnaissance survey context.

Old San Antonio Road / Old Austin to San Antonio Post Road

• Address: Old San Antonio Road corridor, Manchaca area
• Period: 1918 alignment (historic route much older)
• Status: NRHP-eligible (Criterion A)
• Notes: The Old San Antonio Road (also known as El Camino Real de los Tejas) is one of the oldest routes in Texas. The 1918 alignment surveyed here is NRHP-eligible for its role in transportation history. The Manchaca segment of the road is referenced in the TxDOT GIS survey.

Manor

See also: Manor. The Gregg Manor Road corridor northeast of town contains the oldest documented cemeteries in the eastern Travis County survey area.

Hill Family Cemetery (Local ID 259037 / 839223)

• Address: 13652 Gregg Manor Road (northwest of SH 130 intersection), Manor
• Established: ca. 1853 (TCHC survey) / ca. 1860–1940 (TxDOT survey)
• Function: Cemetery
• Status: High Priority; NRHP-eligible (Criterion B)
• Notes: Cemetery associated with an early Hill family settler. One of the oldest burial sites documented in the northeastern Travis County survey area. The TxDOT survey assigned a period of significance ca. 1860–1940; the TCHC survey form dates establishment to ca. 1853, suggesting use predates the Civil War.

Gregg Cemetery (Local ID 502278)

• Address: Gregg Lane (north side), just west of Cameron Road intersection, Manor
• Designations: No formal designation (THC Atlas)
• Notes: Community cemetery along Gregg Lane; named for the Gregg family. No NRHP determination noted in survey.

Metal Truss Bridge, Old Manor Road over Walnut Creek (Local ID 142270)

• See also: Austin — East section above.
• Address: Old Manor Road over Walnut Creek
• Built: ca. 1925
• Status: NRHP-eligible (Criterion C)

Webberville Vicinity

See also: Webberville. The Webberville area was part of the 204-resource TCHC survey, which identified 4 NRHP-eligible properties. Specific property records for Webberville were in the consolidated survey database but individual forms were not included in the 111 newly documented THC survey forms.

Survey summary: 204 resources inventoried; 4 individually NRHP-eligible. No new high-priority reconnaissance-area properties documented for Webberville in this survey cycle.

NRHP Districts in Travis County (Survey Area)

Previous survey areas identified additional proposed districts:

• Southwest Travis County: 3 proposed districts
• Southwest-west Travis County: 1 eligible district
• Northwest Travis County: 4 proposed districts
• Southeast Travis County: 4 proposed districts
• Manor: 1 proposed district

Previous Survey Area Summaries

Designation Key

NRHP Criteria:

• A — Associated with broad patterns of history
• B — Associated with significant persons
• C — Embody distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction
• D — Yielded or may yield important information (archaeological)

Overlap Notes for Town Files

Buildings in this knowledge base that should be cross-referenced or could add to existing town notes:

Pflugerville — East Main Street Historic District, Bohls House/Heritage House Museum, Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church (OTHM), Albert Pfluger House, William Pfluger House, Pflugerville Gym (WPA, 1934), Wuthrich Farms. The proposed Pflugerville Residential Historic District encompasses much of Old Town.

Manor — Hill Family Cemetery (pre-Civil War), Gregg Cemetery, Old Manor Road Truss Bridge. Manor’s historic downtown referenced in the Manor town note as having “a handful of 19th-century commercial buildings” — the survey’s 182-resource Manor inventory (15 NRHP-eligible) may have specifics worth adding.

Webberville — 204 resources surveyed, 4 NRHP-eligible. Specific properties not fully documented in this knowledge base; worth pulling from the THC Access Database for Webberville-area resources.

Austin / East Austin — Hornsby Cemetery / El Rincon (ca. 1836, one of the oldest sites in the county), Decker United Methodist Church and the Decker community cemeteries, Thunderbird Farm complex (FM 969), William Barr House (NRHP-listed), McArthur-Sneed-Simnacher House (ca. 1850, associated with the first Land Office Building in Austin).

Georgetown / Taylor — No direct overlaps identified in this survey (survey boundary is Travis County only; Williamson County resources are out of scope).

Sources

• Travis County Historical Commission / Hicks & Company. Review and Consolidation of Previous Travis County Survey Reports. Travis County, Texas. February 2018. PDF: traviscountytx.gov/images/historical_commission/Doc/Histroical_Reports/review-consolidation-previous-surveys.pdf
• Texas Historical Commission Historic Sites Atlas: atlas.thc.state.tx.us
• THC Access Database (survey forms): thc.texas.gov