Davis-Sibley House
Austin, Travis County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Austin architect Hal Thomson designed this 1931 home for Emma Levison Davis. She was a founding member of the settlement club and the widow of pioneer Austin Grocer Nelson Davis. The home passed to the Davis’ son, Theodore, upon Emma’s 1954 death; D. J. and Jane Sibley purchased the home in 1962. The Spanish eclectic style house features a cross gable floor plan with stucco-finished exterior walls, a front elevation arcade and a square tower above a clay tile roof. Historic materials include handmade tile, heavy timber flooring and trusses, ironwork by fortunat weigl and furnishings and finishes by New York City decorator Pierre Dutel.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Austin architect Hal Thomson designed this Spanish Eclectic home in 1931 for Emma Levison Davis, a founding member of a local settlement club and widow of a pioneer Austin grocer. With its stuccoed walls, clay-tile roof, arcaded entry and square tower, the house showcased handmade tile, heavy timber trusses and custom ironwork and furnishings. It passed through the Davis family before the Sibleys acquired it in 1962.
Why it matters
The residence reflects the taste and civic life of early-twentieth-century Austin and the women who helped shape the growing capital's community.
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Related people
- · Hal Thomson
- · Emma Levison Davis
- · D. J. Sibley
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