austin skyline: The history of Austin's skyscrapers yesterday and today. - 06/26/09 06:53 AM
Now skyscrapers are an everyday sight in Austin Texas, but it was not always so. Construction of Austin's first Austin skyscraper began in early 1910. The building was built by E.M. Scarbourough at the southwest corner of Congress Avenue and 6th Street. The building had eight stories, which seems minuscule by today's standards. This type of construction was so new, that they felt the need to have the Austin American Statesman write an article to explain how it could be so tall and not cave in.
The new Littlefield building claimed the title of tallest downtown building the very next year in … (3 comments)