Austin, Travis County
Augusta Adams (ca. 1817-1907), a widow and native of Mecklenberg, Germany, immigrated to Texas and purchased land at this site in 1857. This modest structure was constructed circa 1868. Augusta later married Herman Hertel. Her two daughters, Mary and Theresa Adams, married brothers August and William Ziller, sons of one of Austin’s earliest settlers, Michael Ziller. The home remained in the Ziller family until 1955, and was saved from demolition during the 1990s. The one-story residence features a center-passage plan with chimneys on the gable ends, and buff brick laid in a common bond pattern.