Herman Becker (1857-1933) operated a successful downtown café, and he bought part of the historic Bouldin homestead in south Austin in 1891. His son H.E. Becker and son-in-law P.A. Wilde, proprietors of the Becker Lumber Company, donated three acres of Bouldin land to the Austin Independent School District in 1935 for a new school site. The firm of Giesecke and Harris designed the building, which opened in October 1936. A new wing added three years later more than doubled the school's size. The Art Deco style sections feature brick cladding with limestone columns, pilasters, belt courses and decorative insets, with contrasting materials emphasizing simple geometric forms. The campus includes several later additions. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2007
Becker School
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Becker School is a historical marker in Austin, Travis County, dedicated in 2007. It is one of 336 historical markers documented in Travis County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 641 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.2502, -97.7599 near Austin. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mary Street Stone House (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Moonlight Towers, Millbrook (Roy-Hardin House), and Dawson Stone House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507013992. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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