{"nrhp_refnum":"73001978","name":"Hirshfeld, Henry, House and Cottage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"303 and 305 W. 9th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.271467425000026,"lon":-97.74443632199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A pair of Victorian limestone residences at 303 and 305 West 9th Street in Austin, Texas: a twelve-room two-story mansion built in 1886 and a small cottage built in 1876, both built by Henry Hirschfeld for his family.","why_significant":"The mansion is argued to be an important example of late Victorian architecture in central Texas, notable for its distinctive decorative stonework and cornice, and for remaining unaltered and intact, even to its furnishings. The two houses are also significant because four generations of the Hirschfeld family occupied them, and the house is one of few Austin homes still owned by descendants of its builders.","narrative":"Two limestone houses on West 9th Street in Austin record the life of merchant Henry Hirschfeld, who came from Germany as a teenager and became a successful dry goods merchant and a founder of the Austin National Bank. In 1876 he built a small stone cottage for his family, later nicknamed \"Honeymoon Cottage\" because many young couples began housekeeping there. Ten years later he built a twelve-room, two-story mansion next door. The mansion has smooth limestone walls, incised rosettes on its lintels, a wraparound gallery with cut-out brackets, and an unusual punch-work cornice that follows none of the popular Victorian styles. Inside are a central hall, a double staircase lit by stained glass, corner fireplaces and thirteen-foot ceilings. The house remained unaltered, even to its Victorian furnishings, and four generations of the family lived in the two buildings. These qualities made the pair notable examples of late nineteenth-century building in central Texas.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific dates 1876, 1886)","architect_builder":"Henry Hirschfeld (builder for his family)","architectural_style":"Victorian, with stylistic relationships to the Eastlake style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and unaltered; the house was occupied as a private residence and the cottage was used as commercial offices at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.734262-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/9736/40973691/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/73001978.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001978/fba514f6b7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001978/fba514f6b7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hirschfield_house_2007.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hirschfield_house_2007.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973691","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hirshfeld_House_and_Cottage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5723038"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/hirshfeld-henry-house-and-cottage-73001978/"}