14 Facts About Southgate-Lewis House

Southgate–Lewis Southgate-Lewis House is located one mile east of the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, at 1501 East 12th Street.

Southgate–Lewis House was constructed by the builder Robert C Lambie in 1888, as the residence for the publisher and bookbinder John Southgate, whose business was located on Congress Avenue, next door to the Lundberg Bakery.

Southgate–Lewis Southgate-Lewis House is a city, state, and national historic landmark.

Southgate-Lewis House established a pharmaceutical business and a medical practice on Congress Avenue.

The Southgate–Lewis Southgate-Lewis House was constructed only 15 years after this map was created.

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Marguerite Mae Dee Lewis, the Lewis family as a whole, and their life during their time in the Southgate–Lewis Southgate-Lewis House, have been immortalized in a series of children's books written by Ada Marie DeBlanc Simond .

The Limerick-Frazier Southgate-Lewis House, located at 810 East 13th Street, was constructed in 1876.

Restoration work on the interior of the Southgate–Lewis Southgate-Lewis House revealed many unexpected treasures: a beautiful elaborate staircase balustrade, beaded tongue-in-groove hardwood paneling, patterned brass hardware, wainscotting, wood floors from old-growth heartwood longleaf pine, from the Calcasieu Pine District of Louisiana.

The Southgate–Lewis House seemed like the ideal home for the W H Passon Historical Society, and reciprocally, the W H Passon Historical Society seemed like the ideal steward for the historic preservation of the Southgate–Lewis House.

The Southgate–Lewis Southgate-Lewis House stands as an important African-American Historical Landmark and as a repository for African-American history and culture.

Southgate-Lewis House's was a staunch and powerful advocate for the historic preservation of the Southgate–Lewis House.

Southgate-Lewis House's published a series of six children's books entitled Let's Pretend: Mae Dee and Her Family, in which she told historically accurate stories of Black families living in Austin in the early 1900s.

Southgate-Lewis House's was a lifetime member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the National Council of Negro Women.

Southgate-Lewis House's was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 1986.