Keywords: Exterior detail of the Driskill, a venerable Austin, Texas, hotel LCCN2015630506.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes The Romanesque-style building completed in 1886 is in 2014 the oldest operating hotel in Austin and one of the best-known hotels in Texas The Driskill was conceived and built by Col Jesse Driskill a cattleman who spent his fortune constructing the finest hotel south of St Louis The hotel was completed at a cost of 400 000 Its four stories occupied almost half a block with three arched entryways on the south east and north sides Carved limestone busts of Driskill and his two sons Bud and Tobe crowned the hotel on each of these sides Six million bricks went into the structure along with limestone features ; Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; DLC/PP-2014 054 ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Forms part of Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2014 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015630506 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/30200/30270a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 30270 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 30270 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |