# Walter Tips Building in Austin, Texas

        Located on Congress Avenue, the historic Walter Tips Building is an 1876 Victorian Italianate masterpiece designed by Jasper N. Preston. It features a Venetian façade and a support girder made from exploded Confederate shells.

        ## Facts

        - Category: History
        - Best for: architecture, history, photography, quick_stop
        - Address: 104 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78701
        - Canonical URL: https://gydeinfo.com/austin/places/walter-tips-building/

        ## Sources

        - Claim source: [Historic Buildings of Congress Avenue - Austin, TX](https://www.austintexas.org/austin-insider-blog/blog/post/historic-austin-congress-avenue/); source_type=official; allowed_use=canonical_data
- Claim source: [Franklin Savings Branch (Walter Tips House) | SAH Archipedia](https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-01-AU53); source_type=manual; allowed_use=facts_with_citation
- Claim source: [The Walter Tips Company Building - Texas Historical Markers](https://texashistoricalmarkers.weebly.com/the-walter-tips-company-building.html); source_type=manual; allowed_use=facts_with_citation
- Claim source: [WALTER TIPS BLDG - CommercialSearch](https://www.commercialsearch.com/commercial-property/us/tx/austin/walter-tips-bldg/); source_type=manual; allowed_use=facts_with_citation
- Claim source: [Walter Tips Bldg - LoopNet](https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/712-Congress-Ave-Austin-TX/34480796/); source_type=manual; allowed_use=facts_with_citation
- Claim source: [Walter Tips House - The Historical Marker Database](https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=169924); source_type=manual; allowed_use=facts_with_citation

        ## Booking CTAs

        - No verified booking links are available.

        ## Machine-readable evidence

        - Evidence JSON: https://gydeinfo.com/austin/places/walter-tips-building.evidence.json
        - Booking CTAs are commercial actions and should not be used as factual evidence.