Genaro P. and Carolina Briones House

Last updated
Genaro P. and Carolina Briones House
Briones house austin 2009.jpg
USA Texas location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location1204 E. 7th St., Austin, Texas
Coordinates 30°15′56″N97°43′47″W / 30.26556°N 97.72972°W / 30.26556; -97.72972 Coordinates: 30°15′56″N97°43′47″W / 30.26556°N 97.72972°W / 30.26556; -97.72972
Built1947
ArchitectGenaro P. Briones
Architectural styleFour square
MPS East Austin MRA
NRHP reference No. 98000280
Added to NRHPAugust 7, 1998 [1]

The Genaro P. and Carolina Briones House is a historic home in downtown Austin, Texas, United States. Built by Genaro Briones over a period of 14 years, the home features unusual molded concrete construction and a dramatic two-story porch. It is known by some in the Hispanic community as "Casa de Sueños" (House of Dreams). [2]

The home is located at 1204 E 7th Street, in a strongly Hispanic portion of east Austin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 7, 1998.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Starr Family Home State Historic Site</span> United States historic place

Starr Family Home State Historic Site is a 3.1-acre (1.3 ha) historical site operated by the Texas Historical Commission in downtown Marshall, Texas. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The museum was made a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1986. On January 1, 2008, the site was transferred from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the Texas Historical Commission.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park</span> Historic district in Texas, U.S.

Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in central Texas about 50 miles (80 km) west of Austin in the Texas Hill Country. The park protects the birthplace, home, ranch, and grave of Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th president of the United States. During Johnson's administration, the LBJ Ranch was known as the "Texas White House" because the President spent approximately 20% of his time in office there.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hyde Park (Austin, Texas)</span> Historic neighborhood in Austin, Texas

Hyde Park is a neighborhood and historic district in Austin, Texas. Located in Central Austin, Hyde Park is defined by 38th Street to the south, 45th Street to the north, Duval Street to the east, and Guadalupe Street to the west. It is situated just north of the University of Texas and borders the neighborhoods of Hancock and North Loop.

Pauline is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 209.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shadow Lawn Historic District (Austin, Texas)</span> Historic house in Texas, United States

The Shadow Lawn Historic District is a historic district in central Austin, Texas that has a cohesive collection houses built in the southeast portion of Hyde Park during the late 1920s and 1930s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Texas Governor's Mansion</span> Historic house in Texas, United States

The Texas Governor's Mansion is a historic home for the governor of Texas in downtown Austin, Texas. Designed by prominent architect Abner Cook, it was built in 1854 and has been the home of every governor since 1856. Governor Greg Abbott and First Lady Cecilia Phalen Abbott are the current residents.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fischer House (Austin, Texas)</span> Historic house in Texas, United States

The Fischer House is a historic mansion in downtown Austin, Texas, United States, completed in 1882. Its builder, Joseph Fischer, was a prominent mason in Austin at the time, and its bold high Victorian era, Italianate architecture and ornamentation reflect his family's skill in the trade.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniel H. and William T. Caswell Houses</span> Historic house in Texas, United States

The Daniel H. and William T. Caswell Houses are two historic homes in downtown Austin, Texas completed near the turn of the 20th century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter and Clotilde Shipe Mansbendel House</span> Historic house in Texas, United States

The Peter and Clotilde Shipe Mansbendel House is an historic home in the Hyde Park Historic District in Austin, Texas, United States. It is also a part of the Shadow Lawn Historic District, a subdivision within the Hyde Park neighborhood established by Hyde Park founder Monroe M. Shipe.


Harwell Hamilton Harris, was a modernist American architect, noted for his work in Southern California that assimilated European and American influences. He lived and worked in North Carolina from 1962 until his death in 1990.

Beech Island is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 1,421.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Magoffin Homestead</span> Historic house in Texas, United States

Magoffin Home is located in El Paso, Texas. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The surrounding area was declared the Magoffin Historic District on February 19, 1985. The home is now known as the Magoffin Home State Historic Site under the authority of the Texas Historical Commission.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bremond Block Historic District</span> Historic district in Texas, United States

The Bremond Block Historic District is a collection of eleven historic homes in downtown Austin, Texas, United States, constructed from the 1850s to 1910.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keith House (Austin, Texas)</span> Historic house in Texas, United States

The Keith House in Austin, Texas is a historic home in the Pemberton Heights neighborhood in central Austin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Millett Opera House</span> United States historic place

The Millett Opera House, home of the Austin Club, is a historic building in downtown Austin, Texas. Built in 1878 by local lumber seller Charles Millett on one of his lots, the house was one of the largest performance spaces in Texas upon its completion. It featured 800 removable seats, 24-inch limestone walls, and the largest enclosed space in Texas. The Opera House was designed by Frederick Ruffini, an architect working throughout Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mayfield–Gutsch Estate</span> Historic house in Texas, United States

The Mayfield–Gutsch Estate, now named Mayfield Park, is a historic cottage, gardens and nature preserve in west Austin, Texas on a bluff overlooking Lake Austin. Originally built in the 1870s, the cottage was purchased by former Texas Secretary of State Allison Mayfield in 1909. In 1922, the house passed to Mayfield's daughter, Mary Frances, and her husband, University of Texas professor Milton Gutsch. They expanded the home, adding porches on three sides and, with the help of gardener Esteban Arredondo, greatly developed 2 acres (0.81 ha) of the property around their home into a botanical garden surrounded by a rock perimeter wall. When Mary Mayfield Gutsch died in 1971, the home and grounds were left to the City of Austin for use as a park. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 1994.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Register of Historic Places listings in Travis County, Texas</span>

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Travis County, Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cox–Craddock House</span> Historic house in Texas, United States

The Cox–Craddock House is a historic Colonial Revival-style house built in 1928 in Austin, Texas. It was designed by the architect Hugo Kuehne.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Central East Austin, Austin, Texas</span> Neighborhood in Austin, Texas, United States

Central East Austin is a neighborhood in Austin, Texas, United States. The neighborhood is bounded to the south by East 7th Street, to the west by Interstate 35, to the north by East Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard and to the east by Chicon Street, Rosewood Avenue and Northwestern Avenue.

Genaro may refer to

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Helen Simmons and Catherine A. Hoyt, "A Guide to Hispanic Texas," University of Texas Press.