Historical Marker
Helena and Robert Ziller House
Marker installed: 2013
HELENA AND ROBERT ZILLER HOUSE
ROBERT ZILLER, DESCENDANT OF A PROMINENT PIONEER AUSTIN FAMILY, AND HIS WIFE, HELENA, CONSTRUCTED THIS MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE HOME IN 1937. THE ZILLERS CALLED THE PROPERTY EDGECLIFF GARDENS WHERE THEY PRACTICED ORGANIC GARDENING AND CREATED A HAVEN FOR ANIMALS. SITUATED ON A BLUFF ABOVE BLUNN CREEK AND THE COLORADO RIVER AND DESIGNED BY LEE M. SMITH, THIS HOME FEATURES AN ASYMMETRICAL STUCCO FAÇADE, PROMINENT FRONT GABLE, CANTILEVERED WINDOW AND A DRAMATIC ENTRY OF ORNAMENTAL IRONWORK, SOME OF WHICH IS ATTRIBUTED TO WEIGL IRONWORKS.