House at 1400 Canterbury Street
a.k.a. Site #3
1400 Canterbury St., Austin, TXThe Martin House is significant because it is an excellent, almost completely unaltered example of a common vernacular house form: the T plan. As with the shot-gun at 1206 Canterbury (Site No. 2), the Martin House apparently was constructed for use as rental property. Unusual care seems to have been exercised in its building, as evidenced by its excellent condition and profusion of pleasing and ornate detailing.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.