Ireland and Mary Graves House

IN THE 1930s, IRELAND GRAVES (1885-1969), AN ATTORNEY AND FORMER DISTRICT JUDGE, BOUGHT PROPERTY IN PEMBERTON HEIGHTS FROM JOSEPHINE LUCILE FISHER. HE HIRED NOTED AUSTIN ARCHITECT HUGO F. KUEHNE TO BUILD A HOME FOR HIM AND HIS WIFE, MARY WILLIS (STEDMAN) GRAVES (1884-1965). CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN 1937 AND WAS COMPLETED THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THE TWO-STORY SOUTHERN COLONIAL-STYLE HOUSE FEATURES AN ENTRY PORTICO AND BRICKS FROM “OLD MAIN” AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. A TWO-CAR GARAGE REFLECTS THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF THE AUTOMOBILE. IN 1946, JUDGE GRAVES AND HIS SON-IN-LAW FORMED GRAVES DOUGHERTY LAW FIRM. THE HOUSE STAYED IN THE GRAVES FAMILY UNTIL 1972.