Moreland, Charles B., House
a.k.a. Site #4;Moreland House
1301 E. 1st St., Austin, TXOne of the most ornate, visually impressive, and architecturally intact Victorian residences in East Austin, the Moreland House was constructed by con-tractor C. W. Moore who used plans and specifications prepared by J. J. Byrdson, a prolific Austin architect.* Charles B. Moreland was a wholesale and retail dealer in wallpaper, paints, and painters' supplies, and was the sole proprietor of a Congress Avenue firm founded with partner William B. Keisel in 1888. The cost of the house was $1939.00; Moreland, appropriately enough, completed the painting and papering himself.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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