Marker Inscription
Built in 1872, this commercial structure housed the successful grocery business of former slave Edward H. Carrington. After his death in 1917, the business was continued by his son-in-law Louis D. Lyons, a trustee of Samuel Huston College, who converted the second floor into a meeting room that became the site of many functions of the Black community. The E.H. Carrington store building features an arcaded facade with Italianate influences. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1983
About this site
E. H. Carrington Grocery Store and Lyons Hall is a historical marker in Austin, Travis County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 320 historical markers documented in Travis County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 591 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.2667, -97.7374 near Austin. The nearest cataloged historic site is J. L. Buaas Building (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Randerson-Lundell Building, O. Henry, and Porter, William Sidney, House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507014345. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
