William Green Hill House
Austin, Travis County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Tennessean William Hickman Hill settled in Austin in the 1850's.He and his family became cultural and civic leaders. A grandson, William Green Hill (1853-1903), his wife Ella Lone (Sanders) had this house built in 1890, Angling it to catch prevailing summer breezes. Mrs Hill's Father, The Rev. Bleuford B. Sanders, added two rooms for his own use after he retired from evangelism, about 1900. Few other changes have occurred. Descendants occupy and preserve the house. Recorded Texas Historical Landmark - 1974
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
William Hickman Hill came from Tennessee to settle in 1850s Austin, and his family became civic and cultural leaders in the growing capital. In 1890 his grandson William Green Hill and wife Ella built this house, angling it to catch the summer breeze, and added rooms for her father, a retired evangelist. Little changed over the generations, and Hill descendants have preserved the home ever since.
Why it matters
A family homestead kept in one line for over a century offers a rare, intact window into the domestic life of the settlers who shaped early Austin.
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Related people
- · William Green Hill
- · Ella Lone Sanders Hill
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