T. A. Hasler House

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T. A. Hasler House
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T. A. Hasler House in 2008
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T. A. Hasler House
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T. A. Hasler House
Location1109 Pecan St.,
Bastrop, Texas
Coordinates 30°6′45″N97°19′2″W / 30.11250°N 97.31722°W / 30.11250; -97.31722
Arealess than one acre
Built1905 (1905)
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS Bastrop Historic and Architectural MRA
NRHP reference No. 78003330 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1978

The T. A. Hasler House is a Classical Revival-style house located in Bastrop, Texas. The two-story house was renovated from a farm house-style dwelling by Marie Hasler, after the death of her husband T. A. Hasler. The structure was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978. The home was featured in a Glidden (paints) commercial ("Father & Son" 1991) and in the film Fireflies in the Garden (2008) starring Julia Roberts and Ryan Reynolds.

When Marie Hasler rebuilt the house, she used the finest materials, including leaded windows from Switzerland, longleaf pine wainscoting, and a tiger (or quarter-sawn) oak fireplace. The house featured two parlors, a wide central hallway, and broad wrap-around front porch.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.