The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 2, July 1898 - April, 1899 Page: 123
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The Cafitals of Texas. 123
and others of the board joined him in the opinion. Colonel Myers,
the designer of the new capitol, who was in the city, was employed
to examine the building and report some plan by which the walls
should be rebuilt without tearing down any part of them, and it
was done according to his directions. This accounts for the iron
girders in the walls of the house. They were put in for greater safety
but are really unnecesary; for the house with its partitions and
substantial walls is really a good building, in which was used the
best material of the old capitol and other structures.
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Texas State Historical Association. The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 2, July 1898 - April, 1899, periodical, 1898/1899; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101011/m1/127/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.