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Butler House — Austin, TX

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  1. v8powerage says

    Addams family house

  2. BradBradley1 says

    Oh, yeah. I watched that season of American Horror Story.

  3. Spezzit says

    It always makes me wonder what someone would actually do with that much house.

  4. fluentinimagery says

    Who sees that place and says, “tear it down – we need more parking.”

  5. 55Prez says

    The address indicates the location on the street that borders the south side of the State Capitol and everyone knows that the government, (at all levels), is the enemy of historical preservation especially when it gets in their way…

  6. heyyouguys24 says

    What a magnificent building.

  7. calmly_anxious says

    I love shots where you can still see moonlight towers. I find them so out of their timeline and fascinating bits of engineering.

    Still standing according to wiki

    "Austin, Texas, is the only city in the world known to still have moonlight towers. They are 165 feet (50 m) tall with foundations 15 feet (4.6 m) wide. The towers were manufactured in Indiana by Fort Wayne Electric Company and assembled on site.[1] In 1894, the City of Austin purchased 31 used towers from Detroit. A single tower cast light from six carbon arc lamps, illuminating a 1,500 feet (460 m) radius circle brightly enough to read a watch.[2]

    In 1993, the city of Austin dismantled the towers and restored every bolt, turnbuckle and guy-wire as part of a $1.3 million project, the completion of which was celebrated in 1995 with a citywide festival."

  8. Paranoidas says

    If that’s just the butler’s house, then the main house must be huge!

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