Shotguns at 1203-1205 Bob Harrison
a.k.a. Site #24
1203--1205 Bob Harrison, Austin, TXWith the shotgun located at 1206 Canterbury (Site No. 2), the Bob Harrison shotguns are the two best examples of their architectural type still standing in East Austin. The two buildings are noteworthy for the unusually large scale, which is expressed in their height and in the unusual stylistic references to the Classic Revival expressed in carpentry detailing at the eaves. Associations with a specific builder or owner are not known because the structures had been moved to their present location by 1935.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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