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DP,8/ll/66; conformed to change requested by Mrs.
Abell in letter of 11/23/66
16" x 12" Official Texas Historical Building
Medallion Plate
Travis County
104
NEILL-COCHRAN HOUSE*
GREEK REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE,
TYPICAL OF THE SOUTH.ERECTED
ABOUT 1853 FOR WASHINGTON L.
HILL BY MASTER BUILDER ABNER
COOK. THE HAND-CUT LIMESTONE
WALLS WERE CEMENTED WITH A
MORTAR CONTAINING PIG BRISTLES.
FIRST INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND
IN STATE OF TEXAS, 1856.HOSPITAL
FOR CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS IN 1865.
HOME IN 1880 OF REPUBLIC OF
TEXAS PATRIOTICOL.ANDREW NEILL;
1893-1913, JUDGE THOS.B. COCHRAN,
BAR PRESIDENTMASONIC LEADER.,**
RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK,1966.***
Incise in base: PURCHASED AND RESTORED 1958 BY NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE
COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
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Texas Historical Commission. [Historic Marker Application: Neill-Cochran House], text, 1966; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth491458/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas Historical Commission.