Historical Marker

Hotel Provident & Heierman Bldg.

Austin · Travis County · Dedicated 1974 · THC Atlas #5507014733

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About this site

Hotel Provident & Heierman Bldg. is a historical marker in Austin, Travis County, dedicated in 1974. It is one of 336 historical markers documented in Travis County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 633 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.2667, -97.7422 near Austin. The nearest cataloged historic site is Original Site of First Methodist Church of Austin (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Sixth Street, Site of John Bremond & Company, and Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Building.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507014733. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Hotel Provident and Heierman Building at Fifth and Brazos streets in downtown Austin was built in 1887, apparently as a hotel for Tom Smith, with Austin mayor Joseph Nalle as contractor. Operating under various names as the 'Hotel Provident' until the 1920s, its ground floor housed a newspaper, a law office, the 'Texas Invention Co.,' and, from 1900 to 1945, several enterprises of the Heierman brothers. The building was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1974.

Sources: hmdb.org texashistoricalmarkers.weebly.com

📍 30.2667, -97.7422 · Austin, Travis County

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