Wroe-Bustin House
a.k.a. Wroe,W.T. and Bursheba,House
506 Baylor St., Austin, TXBuilt in 1893, the Wroe-Busfin House is named for its builders, W.T. and Bursheba Wroe, and the four generations of the Bustin Family who occupied the house from 1918 to 1994. Set in a verdant oasis opposite the famed Caldwell Treaty Oak in a neighborhood of mostly later commercial buildings, the Wroe-Bustin House is a significant and intact late Victorian villa, once at the western edge of Texas' capital city. The Queen Anne detailing and tum of the century two-tiered, wrap-around veranda are noted architectural features of the balloon-framed building, which meets National Register Criterion C in the area of Architecture at the local level of significance as a good local example of the Queen Aime style in late 19th century residences
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
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