
Address: Historical Marker, Centennial marker, US 290 Business, Hempstead
Date: 1936
Historic Uses: Historical Marker, Centennial marker
Stylistic Influences: No style
National Register of Historic Places: Recommended Eligible
Previous Designations: National Register Eligible (Indiv.)
Other Historic Designations: 5473008116
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Plantation Home of Edwin Waller
Centennial Marker: 8116
Plantation home of Edwin Waller (1800-1883). Member of the consultation in 1835, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, first mayor of Austin, member of the Secession Convention in 1861. On this property, acquired during the Republic of Texas, he resided from 1846 for many years.