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1 COUNTY BLOCK 6AS LOT : NAME COUNTY: CITY:_ PERIOD: -XLL ARCH ITECT/BU n npg] P.O. ei^-f^,r DATE:_ OWNER: Mr> vt bwi"^ THEME:_ STYLE: FYLf \;ic-hvi'ai/\ DESCRIPJION: 1- Sfhrxi P )<:XA ^S ClosiiS.^ \v^\v> 7.~sm(xy\ V-.*\pj ^-ijvvn'^^ r.ols. AcA\C/iXf. \jn\a)^.r APtax\\\^», 'yv.lr-v>fniiarfi-l AtAA)n\ ft^v\\(l ^yv^alv ma^asava yoof )rt)axi-rrd(wv-^ <^^j^ra, ^7. ij^\vafna SIGNIFICANCE:. ".emi-p/'aiv^ev^d('j. CirD^AAyA^^i 1 SO NHL ]RTHi7 DESIGNATION: NR N HABS HAER OTHER ORIGINAL USE: f^e"jiap/var^ PRESENT ii<^r- ' PHYSICAL CONDITION: Vfllter^d/unaltered: ^rnv.oaa^'fimas^ i\adi^.yysyiry\i^ CONSTRUCTION: wa 11 :-^kllq^ RELATIONSHIP TO SURROUNDING ACREAGE/BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION roof: AtP.f^ BIBLIOGRAPHI INFORMANT: DATA:_ RECORDE^D BY :^ kflibcr Vij^MQ/^ DATE:-1:11:13 Al: PHOTOGRAPHIC DATA: SEE INFO/CORRESPONDENCE FILES;

2 [MAJOR BIBUOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES See continuation sheet JGEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY resourse area is approx. 4,000 acres UTM REFERENCES (no ffiarp available with UTM markings ALioOj I I I,. I I I ZONE EASTING NORTHING ZONE EASTING cuj Ii I I. I I I. I. I VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION (A) 30^05'30"/97 16'38" (C) 30^08'14"/97 16'38" Latitude & Long, below) B _J II, LL JI. I 11, I NORTHING DLJ II. I,. I I. I. I. I.0., O/f (B) 30 05'30"/97 24!-3e«(D) 30^08'14 "/97 20J-^' / 9' S-o " LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE CODE COUNTY CODE STATE CODE COUNTY CODE FORM PREPARED BY NAME, TITLE j^gj^^g Deacon Landon, Historian Joe R. Wi 111 ams, Prnjef:t ni rector ' ORGANIZATION "'.H'li iiflfi '^w.t.i w mm Stan Klein, Draftsman DATE STREET& NUMBER TELEPHONE CITY OR TOWN STATE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED.SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS. NATIONAL - ^ STATE. )0: LOCAL As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the Nationarflistoric Preservation hereby nominate this property for Inclusion in the National Hegis^ijand certj/y that it h criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. of 1966 (Public Law ). I 'ated according to the STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE TITLE Texas State Historic Preservation Officer ^^^^ ^'^^'13,1^71 FOR NPS USE ONLY 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED tft» THE NATIONAL REGISTER ATTEST m^mmmmm "^rrrip" i i Mi GPO

5 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number:

0 T'^ l^oi, TIE OLD ELZI^R KOt^ Sometiine prior to 1890, Mr. P. 0. Elzner built a wood frame house on land bordering the Colorado River that he had purchased October 10, 1873.

6 0 T'^ l^oi, TIE OLD ELZI^R KOt^ Sometiine prior to 1890, Mr. P. 0. Elzner built a wood frame house on land bordering the Colorado River that he had purchased October 10, This structure consisted of the rooms now identified as the entrance foyer, parlor, front bedroom, middle bedroom and the kitchen. The present solarium was a porch originally. The West back bedroom and bathroom was later added by Mr. Elzner's son who also enclosed the open porch and built the library room. The house is historically classified as a transition. It was build during a period when builders were discarding the Greek Revival classical motiffs and attempting to explore the freedom of Victorian from the East. Even though built before 1890, heavily classical in plan and molding motiffs, the Victorian is easily recognized by the elongated double-hung windows, the "two-over-two" lights which stressed verticallty and the steamboat "gingerbread" placed upon the entry porch. The hall floors, like that throughout the house are three layers thick due to the practice of simply covering an old floor when a new floor was needed. These floors are made of edge grain pine milled in a Bastrop mill. One of the most talked about features of the house is the front door. It is made of handworked wood and cut class through which various shades of blue, amber and white lights bathe the entrance foyer. The sloping site on which the house is built posed a problem for foundation work. This was solved when large cedar tree trunks cut at differing lengths were used as piers. There's no doubt that Mr. P. 0. Elzner envisioned future generations who would also live in his sturdily built house. As an added bonus, the house which he built succeeded in recording the times in which he lived. His creation accomodated three generations of Elzner's. "A house cannot say anything Save the truth of those Who have lived in i t. " Rudyard Kipling On Feb. 1, 1968, to. and Mrs. H. E. Du Bois bought the property from 7 Mrs. Bruno Elzner, Jr. They found the Old Elzner Home had not been defaced, f despite all the intervening years. In the restoration work, they dedicatedi their efforts to faithfully keeping the original structure intact. < ^"""^ Ihe Oil Bois' added two additional bathrooms. A specially milled siding and trim matches the original. The other additions were the open deck, plate glass to replace the Jalosy windows and removal of a partition wall between solarium and library. VK a:uji Ylcd5LftM.flJ i^t^ajoiju^ ^X/>VCJI/MJLA^

7 THE NATIONAL RLGISl^R OF HISTORIC PLACES D.air -MAR DATE AC... INITIALS

i TE:,Qi"if?inaI o 11 iirgs and uryden

i TE:,Qiif?inaI o 11 iirgs and uryden MAY 2 0 1980 i TE:,Qi"if?inaI o 11 iirgs and uryden ALTERATIONS- interior remodeling 1964 SIGWFICANCE a good southwestern example of Georgian Revival architecture in a planned academic setting AREA OF