1916 map (no detail map was made)
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The
house at 916 Austin Street was probably
built between 1916 and 1923. The lot
it was built on covered more than a
quarter of the block, east of what became
Columbus Street. This lot was later
divided into lots where houses at 904 Austin
Street, 906 Austin
Street and 912 Austin
Street were later built. In
1923, there was a barn and outbuildings,
in addition to the dwelling.
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1923 map
| The first map showing detail
of Block 25 of Clow's Addition Number 1,
is the map of 1923. Before that
time, the area had been surveyed, but
not developed. By 1930, the north
half of Block 25 was developed as the
Cameron Sub-Division, and the south half
as the Morris Sub-Division.
Originally the roadway dividing Block
25, running north and south between
Austin and Live Oak Streets, was not
named nor aligned with Columbus Street
to the south. By 1948, what became
a north extension of Columbus Street was
moved west to line up with Columbus
Street. (Note from Ralph
Terry: On the 1923 map, there is
a dwelling in the lot of the large
house, facing Fifth Avenue, just above
the "C," with a line marking the lot
to the left of it. This is
thought to be a servant house for the
big house facing Fifth Avenue.)
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"In
1929, Matt Martin, and his wife Anna,
owned and were residing at 1016 (later 916) Austin
Street. He was a cotton
buyer." (Coleman City
Directory, 1929 - Hudspeth.) (Note
from Ralph Terry: It is not
known whether the house numbers in
this block were originally the 1000s
and later changed to the 900s, or if
the 1929 directory was incorrect in
its listing.)
Matt Martin and his family were living at
916 Austin as early as 1929, according to
the. It is not known if he built the
house or purchased it. He was living
on Pecos Street when the 1920 census was
taken. He bought and sold many
properties in Coleman during the 1920s and
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916 Austin Street - taken May 2005
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The property at 916 Austin Street was
transferred from Ann (Martin) Lisso to Ola Jean
Alderson in December 1986,
from Ola Jean Anderson to Russel D. Alderson in May
2020,
from Russell D. Alderson to the Camjen Trust (Cameron
and Jenny Hanson) in Mar 2023.
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