[Front and Driveway of Hohman-Fischer House]

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Photograph of a historic property located at 273 East Mill Street taken from the driveway at the east corner, so that the front and part of the right side of the house are visible. It is a one-story home painted white with green shutters with a gabled roof that extends over the front porch, which is held up by square columns. It has decorative wooden details around the railing the porch brackets, below the frieze beam of the porch, and around the front eaves. The driveway to the right of the house has a closed fence with a sign that … continued below

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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Creator: Unknown. June 1983.

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German-Texan Heritage Society

The German-Texan Heritage Society is a nonprofit organization that preserves German culture in Texas through festivals, language classes, genealogical searches, and other services. The German Free School is a City of Austin Landmark and Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.

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Photograph of a historic property located at 273 East Mill Street taken from the driveway at the east corner, so that the front and part of the right side of the house are visible. It is a one-story home painted white with green shutters with a gabled roof that extends over the front porch, which is held up by square columns. It has decorative wooden details around the railing the porch brackets, below the frieze beam of the porch, and around the front eaves. The driveway to the right of the house has a closed fence with a sign that says, "Historic Hohman-Fischer Haus Circa 1855" and a car is partially visible in the background, at the far end of the drive.

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2021

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  • June 1983

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  • 29.705241, -98.124599

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[Front and Driveway of Hohman-Fischer House], photograph, June 1983; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1450670/: accessed November 12, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting German-Texan Heritage Society.

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