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The Barr Mansion was built in 1898 for cotton merchant William Braxton Barr (1864-1902). The home was designed by Austin architect Charles Page. The home was recorded as a Texas Historical Landmark in 1983. Barr named the surrounding community after his grandfather, Erasmus Frederick Sprinkle (1813-1906), with whom he built a cotton gin and general store. Erasmus Sprinkle & his family moved from Madison Co., VA to Travis Co., TX between 1870 & 1880 (photo taken Dec 2000)
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