National Register Listing

Shotgun at 1206 Canterbury Street

a.k.a. Site #2

1206 Canterbury St., Austin, TX

1206 Canterbury is one of the best examples of an architectural type which once was prolific in East Austin, but which has rapidly disappeared in recent years. Despite the fact that the house was constructed as rental property and owned by a number of speculators, the original builder appears to have expended unusual care in the execution of decorative wood details and general carpentry work.

Local significance of the building:
Architecture

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.