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THE BATTALK
Home of Alamo history move
Alamo survivor's house preserved, relocate
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AUSTIN (AP) — The resi
dence of Alamo survivor
Susanna Dickinson was moved
over the weekend in what histo
rians and preservationists call a
victory to save the 19th century
house from a downtown con
struction boom.
It took 10 hours to transport
the 200-ton limestone house 160
steps to its new location
between the O. Henry Museum
and the soon-to-be-completed
Hilton Austin.
The move, which was
delayed more than two years
after the house was lifted from
its original foundation and
placed in storage, preserves the
residence of the woman known
to generations of Texas school-
children as the most famous
Anglo survivor of the Battle of
the Alamo in 1836.
Dickinson's husband,
artillery Capt. Almaron
Dickinson, was killed during the
San Antonio siege, but
Dickinson and her infant daugh
ter, Angelina, were spared by
Mexican Gen. Santa Anna after
the Alamo fell.
“The house has a great story
to tell,” said Barbara Stocklin,
who championed the value of
the house during her years as the
city’s historical preservation
officer.
Stocklin told the Austin
American-Statesman in
Sunday’s edi
tions that it is
very rare to pre
serve a Texas
historical site
associated with a
woman.
The house is
one of Austin’s
oldest surviving
residences. It
was built in 1870
by Dickinson
and her fifth husband
inches thick, is older tha
University of Texas am
Capitol dome.
Developers earlier had
sidered demolishing
Dickinson-Hannig House
salvaging some of
stonework, but the Aui
Landmark
a
The house has a
great story to tell.
— Barbara Stocklin
former San Antonio
historical preservation officer
Austin
furniture maker Joseph Hannig,
The Hannigs, Austin resi
dents since at least 1862, pur
chased the land for their home in
1869 after floods washed away
their previous home. The house,
a stone structure with a smooth
masonry facade and walls 13
Commission,
H e r i t a
Society
Austin
t h e n - Cii
Count
Member I
Wynn urged
developers
save the slur
ture.
In Decent
- 2002, the til
approved a
to move the house to thenonl
east edge of Brush Square,eai
of the O. Henry residence, a
assigned the museum staff
care for and operate it.
Veteran house mover HJ
Snow of Fort Worth completd
the moving job Saturday
NAACP denounces Dillard s practices
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DENTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas
Chapter of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People on Saturday
passed a resolution criticizing Dillard’s Inc. for
alleged racial profiling.
The resolution, Texas NAACP official Gary
Bledsoe told Dallas television station KDFW,
includes demands that Dillard's stop racial
profiling, use of off-duty officers and taking
photographs and using them inappropriately.
In the past, Dillard’s has said it is not
responsible for the actions of its officers.
Calls by The Associated Press to corporate
headquarters were not immediately returned
early Sunday.
In February 2002, the Supreme Court
refused to consider making it harder for shop
pers to sue stores claiming discrimination.
Then, justices declined to review a $1.2mil
lion verdict against Dillard’s, which was
accused of preventing a black woman from
claiming a cologne sample.
The Arkansas-based chain has been
involved in multiple discrimination lawsuits,
Dillard's officials had wanted the court to
set boundaries for lawsuits under a federal civil
rights law.
In 2001, the company agreed to settle dis
crimination complaints by Kansas and
Missouri employees.
In a Texas case, Dillard’s agreed to payan
undisclosed amount to the family of a blaci
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hogtied at a store while being arrested.
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