Rather House
3105 Duval St., Austin, TXSited on an abundantly foliated hill, the Rather house rises three stories to dominate a corner lot in Duval Heights, developed in the early 20th century as an exclusive residential neighborhood. Hailed as ''one of the finest homes in the South" when constructed in 1910-1911, the house, designed by the Boston firm of Brigham, Coveney, and Bisbee, displays sophisticated simplicity in an asymmetrical format.reminiscent of the early west coast residential architecture of Bernard Maybeck. The clean-lined simplicity of the design was uncommon to Austin at the time as was the involvement of an eastern architecture firm. References to the local popularity of the Spanish Colonial Revival is evident in the use of tiled roof, heavy brackets, and copper domed tower, all skill-fully blended into the design. The sophisticated details were carried to the interior and executed with a richness of materials and excellence of craftsmanship
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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