204 S. MAGNOLIA - BUILT 1901 (LOOK RIGHT)

This two-story home was built as rental property by Thomas Cronin to plans by architect John S. Moad. Cronin, a native of lreland, was a prominent social leader and official with the I.& G.N. He came to Texas in 1870 to build the trackage from Austin to Rockdale, and honored a pledge to construct a mile of track a day, for which the railroad gave him $3,000 and a section of land. Cronin was also president of the Bartlett Western Railroad.