The residence of Valentine O. Weed (300 E. 4th Street), location of the murder of Mary Ramey. Earliest photo circa 1900, later re-modeled in the colonial revival style circa 1940, and finally demolished, as a parking lot 1997.
![weed house 1900](http://www.servantgirlmurders.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PICH-00103-1024x989.jpg)
PICH 00103 Austin History Center.
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PICH 02612 Austin History Center.
![4th street 1997](http://www.servantgirlmurders.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/4thSanJac-copy.jpg)
300 East 4th Street. 1997.
I took the photo of the location in 1997. For some reason I thought I could wander around the locations of the murders and find…I don’t know what. If I had realized the remnants of the original retaining wall were there I would have taken a brick as a souvenir.
A hotel is currently located on the site.