Beverly Hutchison House
San Marcos, Hays County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Designed by German architect Charles S. Sinz; built 1896 for the Beverly Hutchison family; later owned by L. Robertson, E. O. Bethke, R. e. Miller and M. Falls, this house in the late 1920s earned its place in history as residence of a student from the Texas Hill County. The young man, Lyndon Baines Johnson, destined to be the thirty-sixth president of the United States, lived in this home during part of his time at Southwest texas State Teacher's College (now Southwest Texas State College). Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1968
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Designed by German architect Charles S. Sinz and built in 1896 for the Beverly Hutchison family, this San Marcos house passed through several owners before earning its lasting fame. In the late 1920s a young man from the Texas Hill Country boarded here while attending Southwest Texas State Teachers College — Lyndon Baines Johnson, the future thirty-sixth president of the United States. He lived here during part of his college years.
Why it matters
The house links an ordinary college town rooming house to the formative student years of a man who would shape mid-century America from the White House.
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Related people
- · Lyndon Baines Johnson
- · Charles S. Sinz
- · Beverly Hutchison
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