T. A. Hasler House, Neoclassical residence in Bastrop, Texas.
The T. A. Hasler House is a Neoclassical residence in Bastrop, Texas, featuring a broad front porch, two parlors, and a central hallway adorned with detailed leaded windows from Switzerland. The interior spaces showcase carefully selected materials and details that make this house a notable example of its architectural style.
Marie Hasler rebuilt the dwelling as a two-story Classical Revival house after the death of her husband T. A. Hasler; the sources give no date for his death. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978. In 1991 it appeared in a Glidden paints commercial, "Father & Son", and in 2008 in the film Fireflies in the Garden.
Marie Hasler rebuilt the house as a Classical Revival home after her husband T. A. Hasler died, and the result was later used as a film set: it appears in Fireflies in the Garden (2008) with Julia Roberts and Ryan Reynolds, and in a 1991 Glidden paints commercial titled "Father & Son".
The house stands in Bastrop, Texas, at coordinates 30.11250, -97.31720. It is a private two-story residence, so visitors view the wrap-around front porch and Classical Revival facade from the street; the interior parlors and central hallway are not open as a public museum.
The house appears in a 1991 Glidden paints commercial ("Father & Son") and in the 2008 film Fireflies in the Garden, starring Julia Roberts and Ryan Reynolds. Its film work is a detail many visitors walking past the porch do not know about.
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