Claudia Taylor Johnson Hall

Historical marker location:

210 W. 6th, Austin, Texas

( (1912 U. S. Post Office))

Marker installed: 1974

Claudia Taylor

Johnson Hall

The University of Texas System

Constructed during the period 1912-1914. This building was the seventh United

States post office location in Austin, Texas. The supervising architect for the

neo-classical revival style structure was James Knox Taylor of the U.S.

Treasury Department. It was built by Dieter and Wenzel Construction Company of

Wichita, Kansas, at a cost of $172,987. The land cost $40,000.

Following construction of a new post office and federal building in 1965, the

building was given to the University of Texas system by the Federal Government;

it was remodeled into administrative offices by the university in 1970. The

building was named in honor of Claudia Taylor Johnson, wife of the 36th

president of the United States of America.