that prior to 1907 this school was entitled Robertson Hill High School. High School Classes for African-American students were initiated in Austin within the Robertson Hill High School in 1889. In 1896 Laurine Cecil Anderson resigned his position at Prairie View to become principal of Austin's Robertson Hill High School. Then, in 1907 the school became E.H. Anderson High School and finally the school was renamed in honor of Lauren Cecil Anderson in 1938. Lauren Cecil Anderson was a neighbor and family friend of the DeBlanc family and he used to lend books to Ada Marie DeBlanc Simond. Marguerite Mae Dee Lewis, the Lewis family as a whole, and their life during their time in the Southgate–Lewis House, have been immortalized in a series of children's books written by Ada Marie DeBlanc Simond (see below). Saving the condemned Southgate–Lewis House Condemnation and demolition After the death of Ms. Lewis in 1970, the house was abandoned for nearly a decade and as a result the house fell into dramatic disrepair. Among other problems, most of the windows were broken and the roof was missing in many locations; thus water had been entering the house for some long time. Pigeons had taken up residence in the house. Because it was a danger to the community, "it was a condemned building scheduled for demolition." Professor discovers condemned house A professor had just moved to Austin after living in Berkeley, California, for his first thirty years. Having just completed his Ph.D. at the University of California in Berkeley, he had now become a new assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin. The professor was looking for a home and he noticed the abandoned dilapidated Victorian house (which is only a few blocks east from the university) one week before the scheduled demolition date, in February 1979. (At this point in time, the house belonged to Mary Elizabeth Lovelady, for reasons unknown.) Community supports restoration The professor set out to save the house, to restore the house, and to make the house his home. He was aided by a grant from The Heritage Society of Austin (now named Preservation Austin). Elaine Mayo, the Executive Director of the Heritage Society was very supportive of the project. David Hoffman, the well-established historic preservation architect with the firm Bell, Klein and Hoffman, provided much needed advice. Charles Betts extended his faith in the project and as