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A s we celebrate sixty years of our video shorts that bring these buildings professionals from the preservation, Preservation Merit Awards program, to life through pictures and narration design, and nonprofit worlds who we’re grateful to our 2020 recipients for (@preservationaustin on Facebook and together selected exemplary projects bringing together so much of what we love Instagram). with real community impact: Erin about – iconic brands investing in Dowell, Senior Designer, Lauren Ramirez local landmarks, modest buildings restored During these uncertain times it’s more Styling & Interiors; Melissa Ayala, with big impact, homeowners honoring important than ever to celebrate these Community Engagement & Government the legacies of those who came before, places and their stories, past and Relations Manager, Waterloo Greenway and community efforts that celebrate our present. Thank you for your membership Conservancy; Murray Legge, FAIA, Murray shared heritage. These projects represent and for your continued support – you Legge Architecture; Elizabeth Porterfield, what historic preservation looks like in the make all of this important work possible. Senior Architectural Historian, Hicks & 21st century. We hope you’ll enjoy learning Company; and Justin Kockritz, Lead about them as much as we did, and that Many thanks to our incredible 2020 Project Reviewer, Federal Programs, you’ll follow us on social media for special Preservation Merit Awards Jury, including Historical Commission. Continued on page 3 HILL COUNTRY DECO: LECTURE 2020-2021 Board of Directors Thursday, November 12 7pm to 8:15pm Free, RSVP Required Virtual/Zoom h executive commitee h

Using vibrant original photography and historic images, authors Clayton Bullock, President Melissa Barry, VP David Bush and Jim Parsons will trace the history and evolution of Allen Wise, President-Elect Linda Y. Jackson, VP modernistic architecture in Central Texas during a special online Clay Cary, Treasurer Christina Randle, Secretary program for the Preservation Austin community. Their virtual Lori Martin, Immediate Past President presentation, Hill Country Deco, will showcase examples of Art Deco, Art Moderne and WPA Deco architecture and public art, from the h DIRECTORS h refined lines of Austin’s Depression-era Courthouse Katie Carmichael Patrick Johnson Kelley McClure to the sweeping curves of ’s Alameda Theater. Miriam Conner Richard Kooris Alyson McGee Richard Craig Perry Lorenz Elisha Perez David Bush is executive director and Jim Parsons is programs Steve Genovesi Scott Marks Michael Strutt director for Preservation . They are the co-authors of four Harmony Grogan Cynthia Mathis- award-winning books on Art Deco architecture in Texas: Houston Gaines Deco, Hill Country Deco, Fair Park Deco and DFW Deco. A 45-minute virtual presentation will be followed by a special Q/A with the h Representatives h authors. Benjamin Ibarra-Sevilla, UT School of Architecture Charles Peveto, Association RSVPs are required for this free program! Email Executive Director Bob Ward, Travis County Historical Commission Lindsey Derrington ([email protected]) to reserve h h your space by Thursday, ADVISOR November 12 at noon. Cyndee Lake Use “Deco RSVP” h BENEFACTOR h in the subject line. Colin Corgan Anna Lee Preservation Austin will Tim Cuppett & Marco Rini Clark & Jesse Lyda distribute the access Laura Fowler McBee Family Foundation code the afternoon of Paula Hern & Thomas Barbour Jill & Stephen Wilkinson the event. h James Hillhouse, IV David Wilson h WATERLOO CIRCLE h Paula & Lee Aaronson Matthew & Rita Kreisle, III Staff Suzanne Deal Booth Dr. Emma Linn Sabrina & Jay Brown Peter Flagg Maxson & Tracy DiLeo John C. R. Taylor III William & Regan Gammon Dennis & Jill McDaniel Lindsey Derrington Ann S. Graham & Arlen Johnson Emily Moreland Executive Director Tom & Elizabeth Granger George & Carole Nalle, III Lesley Walker Clarke Heidrick Charles Aubrey Smith, Jr. Development & Communications Coordinator Clark & Courtney Hoffman Tyler & Meredith Spears Diane Humphreys Connie Todd Mailing Address - P.O. Box 2113, Austin, TX 78768 Meta Butler Hunt Mary Holt Walcutt Physical Address - 500 Chicon, Austin, 78702 Janis & Joseph Pinnelli Patricia Winston & Bill Head Jeffrey Straathof & Mafalda Tan Marvin & Eva Womack www.preservationaustin.org (512) 474-5198

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features and preserving refused to give up their homes in 1928 when existing floorplans for the city codified segregation by denying use as open work areas basic services to Black families outside of and offices. Drop ceilings, East Austin. Clarksville went without sewers, fluorescent lighting, faux paved streets, or schools for decades. wood paneling, carpeting, and VCT flooring were Mary Baylor lived in this 525-square- peeled away to reveal foot home with her family of seven original beadboard at midcentury. The lifelong Clarksville ceilings, crown molding, advocate was director of the Clarksville pendant lights, transoms, Neighborhood Center, led the fight against

Photo by Atelier Wong wainscoting, and original the construction of MoPac, and founded oak and terrazzo floors. the Clarksville Community Development Baker School New light fixtures match the originals. Corporation in 1978, which continues to D Tim & Karrie League Interiors were restored to their original preserve history, build community, and Preservation Award for Rehabilitation color schemes, found under layers of provide affordable housing today. chipped paint, and historic trim was This 1911 school building stands on Avenue carefully restored to the original stain By 2014 the Baylor House was vacant and B in the Hyde Park Local Historic District. finish. proposed for demolition. Thomas Schieffer Neighborhood mothers advocated for and Meghann Rosales had long admired years for its construction to replace an This classic rehabilitation shows the its simple, working-class architecture, earlier, substandard school that presented flexibility and potential of historic school and purchased the property that year. dangerous learning conditions for local buildings. As Austin faces more potential Rehabbing the house without the aid of children. Over the years it served as an school closures on the horizon, we are all architects or contractors was a true labor elementary school, a middle school, called to find creative and sustainable of love. and a high school before becoming ways to honor this heritage while serving administrative offices for the Austin today’s businesses and families. The They replaced the cedar foundation with Independent School District in the 1990s. Leagues are pursuing local, state, and piers, installed new plumbing national historic designations for this and electrical systems, refinished original Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas purchased the gorgeous building. floors, and repaired aging siding, doing all vacant building in 2017. Founded in 1997 by longtime preservationists Tim and Karrie Mary Baylor House League, this iconic Austin brand owns D Thomas Schiefer & theatres across our city and across the Meghann Rosales nation. Working with Weiss Architecture Preservation Award for and Zapalac Reed Construction, they set Rehabilitation about transforming Baker School into Drafthouse’s corporate headquarters at The Mary Baylor House stands in the heart of this historic neighborhood. Clarksville, established by formerly enslaved Austinites after the Civil Photo by Ana Sierra The project focused on reviving historic War. The West Austin community Continued on page 4

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this work themselves. Countless neighbors its hillside site caused serious foundation its new union hall on South Lamar in 1949, stopped by to tell stories about how Mary issues, while neglected landscaping ran just south of . The modest Baylor touched their lives and to help with wild. Dark interiors had been subdivided building hosted meetings, educational the work during this six-year project. over the years. events, dances, turkey dinners, and barbecues for union members and the Their beautiful home stands in the Meredith and Tyler Spears, owners of BKCW ladies auxiliary under 2014, when the Clarksville National Register Historic Insurance, saw past these limitations. chapter relocated. District, an honor which comes with scarce Excited about its location and incredible protections against rampant demolition. potential, they enlisted Mark Odom Studio The property’s prime location, spacious lot, Thomas and Meghann are in the process and Franklin Alan for a stunning office and flexible zoning made it a target for of designating the Mary Baylor House rehabilitation to support their company’s demolition and redevelopment. But Jack a City of Austin Landmark to ensure its collaborative culture. Barron, Jen Turner, and Donald Kenney of preservation for generations. The Mighty Union hospitality group saw Extensive site work reinforced the its potential for something different. They hillside and diverted water away embarked on visionary project with Specht from the building. Energy-efficient Architects and DPR to translate the hall’s steel-framed windows were designed utilitarian character and history into the to match the originals. New Carpenter Hotel. courtyards frame interior meeting rooms, creating intimate spaces The 1949 building now serves as the hotel’s inside and out. reception, restaurant, and coffee shop. Steel casement windows were lovingly A new roof, and new interior columns, restored, and the original “Carpenter’s shifted structural loads to open the Hall” signage left in place. Pecan trees floor plan. The project added just 12 were retained wherever possible, with inches to the building’s height, using damaged trees sawn into boards and salvaged brick from the rear façade incorporated into the gorgeous interiors. to conceal new HVAC ductwork. Natural light floods the interior, with A new four-story building houses 93 guest Photo by Leonid Furmansky original brick and banks of windows Continued on the next page visible from every angle. Interiors BKCW Insurance by The Renner Project feature elegant D Meredith & Tyler Spears midcentury finishes. Preservation Award for Rehabilitation The project artfully adapted this space This 1960 branch office for Dallas’ to modern needs, peeling back nature to Southland Life Insurance Company sits bring out the sculptural beauty of this above North Lamar Boulevard across from midcentury landmark. historic Pease Park. Its classic modernist form features a sleek horizontal volume The Carpenter Hotel supported by concrete pilotis, with banks D The Mighty Union of windows facing downtown. Preservation Award for Rehabilitation + Addition Fast forward to 2016, and the building had lost much of its luster. Severe erosion of Austin Carpenters Local 1266 completed Photo by Chase Daniel

4 Fall 2020 Merit Awards, continued from page 4 rooms and parking. It features a rough beer garden, and gallery space for local concrete frame with terra cotta infill artists. The project preserved the building’s from San Antonio’s D’Hanis Brick and Tile corrugated metal siding and original steel- Company, along with steel oil-drilling pipes framed windows, which were abated and repurposed to striking effect. restored. Original steel doors were preserved where possible, while new pivot doors An open corridor frames a shaded pool, improved connections at the main entrance courtyard, and Quonset-hut styled pavilion and beer garden. – a nod to its postwar origins. Preservation of the historic building’s scale, and these Salvaged materials found onsite were connective outdoor features, honor the incorporated into a complimentary material site’s past while creating spaces that feel palette of raw steel, concrete, and slate. uniquely Austin. The original 18,000-pound lathe is proudly displayed in the tap room. This remarkable project weaves color and texture, new and old into a cohesive whole. Central Machine Works is a powerful Carpenter Hall serves travelers and locals example of how historic spaces continue Photo by Andrea Calo alike, as its owners intended. to inspire today’s generations to build and

create. Big, welcoming, and beautiful, it time. The Grangers lived here before building Central Machine Works serves as an example to others looking to a larger house, on the same site, for their D Aaron Ashmore, Andrew Ashmore, shape new spaces in industrial East Austin. growing family in 1951. Rosa Santis, John Scott

Preservation Award for Rehabilitation The Perch Jeff Harper and Mark Seeger restored the D Jeff Harper & Mark Seeger main house in 1999, and have protected East Austin’s Capitol Machine Works Preservation Award for both The Granger House and The Perch opened in 1940, and crafted airplane parts Rehabilitation + Restoration through city, state, and national historic and transport trailers during World War II. designations. Their meticulous restoration Michael Bennett began working in the space Charles Granger was one of Austin’s of The Perch, completed in 2019 with at age fifteen and eventually became its architectural greats. He worked under icons architect Jay Farrell and 22 Construction, owner. Renamed Central Machine Works, Richard Neutra and Eliel Saarinen, and after brings this stewardship full circle. his shop fabricated custom parts here World War II his own firm, Fehr & Granger, until 2015. brought national attention to Central Texas Exterior work included patching stucco and modernism. Like so many Austinites Rosa Santis and John Scott, and young architects, his Aaron and Andrew Ashmore, fell in love with early works include his the building and opened Central Machine own home, The Perch, Works Brewery and Beer Hall here in 2019. completed in 1938. This inspiring project with Maker Architects, Kartwheel Studio, and GC IE2 embraces the This historic garage shop’s industrial aesthetic and celebrates its apartment stands legacy as a place of creation, where things amongst massive live oaks are made. in Judges Hill, though its International Style design Central Machine Works is now home to would fit comfortably in a 15BBL brewery, beer hall, tap room, European cities of the

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returning its 1938 texture. The original front This stunning door, with its classic porthole window, was project has found in the garage and reinstalled. brought new life to this Italian Interior changes restored materials’ Renaissance texture and warmth. The project removed Revival style home layers of paint from fir wall panels and and terraced wooden built-ins. Oak floors were sanded gardens. Work and stained, and tilework restored included cleaning throughout. Steel casement windows and and repairing pipe columns were cleaned and returned exterior concrete to their original hues. stucco and cast stone architectural Photo by Chase Daniel State and federal historic tax credits details; restoring This Queen Anne home stands at Rosewood supported work on this home, rented to a existing windows, including a gorgeous Avenue and 11th Street. City council member longtime tenant’s family of three. leaded glass peacock at the entrance; and Harry S. Haynes built the home in 1890, and The project is remarkable for its preserving woodwork, plaster moldings, Black pharmacist Dr. Thomas DeLashwah architecture, for its attention to detail, and hand-wrought ironwork, and historic tile moved here in 1917. DeLashwah owned a for its owners’ dedication. floors and walls. popular soda fountain, sponsored Negro League baseball, and organized the popular Color and texture abound throughout the Commodore Perry Estate “La Palm” orchestra. His longtime family D Clark Lyda main building’s gathering spaces and home’s prominent location and whimsical Preservation Award for Rehabilitation guest suites. The Gothic Revival chapel, design have made it a beloved East Austin + Cultural Landscape built in 1949, now serves as event space. landmark. Contemporary buildings, designed to be Edgar and Lutie Perry built this gracious compatible with the originals, include Chas and Laura Spence purchased the villa along Waller Creek at the height guest rooms and a restaurant. Clayton property with Chef Jesse DeLeon in 2016. of the Roaring Twenties. Perry, a cotton & Little Architects oversaw preservation They fell in love with the neglected home broker and philanthropist, was an early work with Rogers O’Brian. Ten Eyck was and saw an opportunity to create welcoming champion of Lyndon B. Johnson. The Perrys the landscape architect and the vibrant spaces to gather and dine. Rosewood, a Gulf sold their home in 1944, stating that it interiors are by Ken Fulk. Coast Chophouse, opened here two years was “A great place to throw a party, but Continued on the next page too big to live in.” St. Mary’s Academy This Central Austin oasis represents a operated here until 1972, and a long series rare kind of creativity and vision, past of schools followed. and present. The passion behind this project, and its attention to detail, Clark Lyda fell in love with the estate as are evident throughout this incredible a child and attended high school here in space. the 1970s. In 2015, he partnered with The Marchbanks Company on a years-long Rosewood rehabilitation of the house and grounds D Chas & Laura Spence, into The Commodore Perry Estate, a Jesse DeLeon private club and hotel operated by Auberge Preservation Award for Resorts. Rehabilitation

Photo by Chase Daniel

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later. This beautiful adaptive reuse project Historic District. This was one with Mark Odom Studio and Fine Line of the first neighborhood parks Construction took a “do no harm” approach opened after the city’s 1928 plan to reviving its architecture. called for a new parks system. Early parks benefited from Designers preserved the interiors’ new shelter houses supporting residential feel to create intimate spaces athletics, dancing, and crafts. The steeped in layers of history. Contemporary Shipe Park Shelter House is one colors, fabrics, and tiles bring modern flare of just four that remain today. to Victorian Era millwork and fireplaces. A 500-square-foot kitchen addition minimizes Completed in 1930, its unusual the impact of this much-needed space, both design takes inspiration from 19th Photo by Chase Daniel inside and out. century dogtrot cabins. These Photo by Lindsey Derrington rustic homes featured two rooms separated The Rosewood team’s connection to the by a central breezeway. Here in Shipe Park, Old Austin Neighborhood home runs deep. For DeLeon, it reminds rooms feature bathrooms and storage space, Association him of his childhood in Victoria, TX, while with plenty of shade for play in between. D Special Recognition for Public its history resonates with his own father’s Service: Historic Resource Survey career as a minority doctor. They celebrated A 2017 conditions assessment by Limbacher of their 2018 opening by collaborating with & Godfrey Architects showed serious

Raasin in the Sun for an on-site piece deterioration of the shelter’s roof and log The Old Austin Neighborhood Association, called “The Hands that Nurture Us” by local walls. City of Austin Parks & Recreation or OANA, represents the western side of muralist Ernesto Cheche, which pays tribute Department architects worked with Phoenix downtown, with history dating to Edwin to DeLashwah and to Dr. Ulysses Young, two I Restoration and Construction, Ltd. for a Waller’s original city plan from 1839. of East Austin’s African American medical careful rehabilitation with funding support OANA advocates, protects and enhances pioneers. from the Austin Parks Foundation and the values such as historic preservation, Friends of Shipe Park, completed this year. environmental conservation, and Shipe Park Shelter House improving the pedestrian experience of D City of Austin Parks & Recreation The project included a new cedar shake roof this dense urban neighborhood. Department, Friends of Shipe Park, and repair of the log walls, with dutchman

Austin Parks Foundation repairs addressing localized deterioration In 2019 OANA’s board decided to sponsor Preservation Award for Rehabilitation and in-kind replacement for extensive a historic resource survey. Grassroots rotting; replacement of chinking and fundraising included contributions from Shipe Park stands just west of the Elisabet daubing, with new daubing matched in color members and stakeholders. Organizers Ney Museum in the Hyde Park Local and type to the original; and new exterior partnered with the City of Austin to lighting designed to be compatible with the receive a Certified Local Government grant, building’s age and use. administered through the Texas Historical Commission, along with a matching grant This beautiful project ensures that this from Preservation Austin. landmark continues to serve generations

of families from Hyde Park and beyond. HHM & Associates implemented the survey, supplementing efforts with pro bono services and OANA volunteers. The survey area is generally bounded by

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PRESERVATION AUSTIN 7 Merit Awards, continued from page 7 Street, North Lamar Blvd., In 2019 partners enlisted Public West 15th Street, and West 5th Street. City, a culture-driven public engagement and activation studio, Historic resources span two centuries, to lead community engagement on including the Heman Marion Sweatt Travis an interpretive placemaking plan County Courthouse, a civil rights landmark; with planning lead McCann Adams , home to Austin’s early Studio. Public City co-designed the 20th century Mexico neighborhood; and engagement series with EastLink the former Austin High School, now home communities, establishing themes to ACC’s Rio Grande Campus. 19th century in conversation with neighbors. homes mix with midcentury landmarks, Two trail explorations brought including the incomparable Westgate together residents through art, Tower. recreation, activism, and economic empowerment. Community Guides Image Courtesy of Public City The survey is an essential planning tool shared this lived experience through from different generations created murals to advocate for compatible growth and music, stories, and more. that translate themes from oral histories development. It identifies significant conducted by community curator and landmarks and recommends buildings and The engagement series shaped the design historian Stephanie Lang. Opened in districts for listing in the National Register of four placemaking and interpretive November 2019, the first pillars depict of Historic Places, and recommends locations along the trail, including The landmarks such as Rosewood Courts and historic zoning at the local level to protect Pillars Project: Our History, Our Trail. L.C. Anderson High School. A total of 39 resources from demolition amidst Austin’s This transformative installation has pillars will be completed over the next five downtown boom. reimagined the disruptive Pleasant years to share East Austin’s stories, as told Valley Road overpass through Rosewood by its residents. h Public City Park into shared space celebrating East D Special Recognition for Austin’s culture. Six East Austin artists Education: EastLink Trail Interpretive Placemaking Plan Engagement

EastLink is a 5.1 mile urban trail connecting Bartholomew Park with Lady Bird Lake, completed by the Austin Parks Foundation with the City of Austin and the Mueller Foundation. The project provides accessible recreational options for joggers, cyclists, skateboarders, and more; encourages restoration of natural ecosystems; and works to bring communities together and foster pride in Central East Austin’s culture and history. The trail connects an incredible array of African American and Mexican American heritage sites, including Rosewood Park, Downs Field, and Parque Zaragoza.

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H Executive Director’s Note h Lindsey Derrington

F irst, I want to thank you for faceted approach to investing in physical standards of supporting Preservation Austin during projects across Austin. integrity, equity, these challenging times. 2020 has and fiscal been a stressful, confusing, and often The plan also charts a path for growing our responsibility. heartbreaking year. But our members’ resources so that our capacity meets the • Inclusive: We support shows us that, in so many ways, needs of our ever-changing city. By 2025 we are committed our work is more important now than plan to double our budget, double our staff, to building a ever. August was a pivotal month for our and to be settled into our new offices in the culture that nonprofit – deep into the pandemic, we McFarland House, the Streamline Moderne encourages, supports, and celebrates the held our first-ever Virtual Homes Tour, home we’ve purchased and rehabbed diverse voices of our organization and city. drawing hundreds of attendees to celebrate at 3805 Red River. Please tell friends, We believe diversity and inclusion together joyful and inspiring stories behind five colleagues, and family about Preservation fuels our creativity, breaks down barriers, historic homes downtown, followed by our Austin. And when you have the opportunity and brings us closer to the people we serve. record-setting membership drive, providing to renew your membership, we hope that • Locally-Focused: We have Austin’s best essential resources to help us grow. We are you will. interest at heart every day. We believe grateful for every dollar of support in any that preserving Austin’s individuality and year, but this year, given so many competing This is a pivotal year as we work to better uniqueness will allow all our citizens to priorities, it means that much more. serve our community. I’m so pleased to thrive, visitors to connect, and our city to be present our new mission, vision, and values the example of preservation in action. We take this support to heart! Know that for you here. I hope that these energize and we’re working every day to honor your inspire you just as they do us: We Lead By: contribution by becoming an even stronger nonprofit to celebrate and protect the MISSION • Collaborating Enthusiastically: We do our best work when we come together to historic places that make this city so Preservation Austin exists to empower solve some of the most pressing challenges unique, and that make it great. Austinites to shape a more inclusive, facing our city today. We value those who resilient, and meaningful community speak thoughtfully, encourage and respect Last year we committed to shaping a new, culture through preservation. focused strategy to reach more people in diversity of opinion, and listen carefully more meaningful ways. Our comprehensive VISION with an open mind. strategic planning process during the • Taking the Long View: We leverage our When Preservation Austin delivers on our winter and of 2020 culminated in the resources to have the greatest possible strategy, we will create a future where passage of our new strategic plan by our impact and hold ourselves accountable to historic places play a meaningful role in board of directors on May 27. future generations by saving places that everyone’ s life, inspiring all Austinites to matter, that stand the test of time, and that become advocates for preservation. This highly collaborative effort included honor a holistic view of Austin’s heritage. diverse voices from over fifty stakeholders. VALUES • Thinking Big: We never settle. We have It charts a new course for our nonprofit the courage and curiosity to actively over the next five years, and represents a We Are: challenge the status quo and find new ways more proactive, impactful, and community- • Accountable: We are committed to doing for preservation to have a positive impact based approach to our work. This includes what is right, not being right, by keeping in our community. h extensive community outreach; coalition- the best interests of those we serve top building around advocacy campaigns that of mind, not our individual agendas. We we develop, and that we lead; and a multi- measure our impact against the highest

10 Fall 2020 Rogers Washington Holy Cross, Austin’s Newest Local Historic District by Cyrus Yerxa

O n September 3 The city’s Historic voted to designate the Rogers Preservation Office Washington Holy Cross Historic District. and Preservation It is the city’s eighth locally designated Austin provided historic district, and the first that guidance and support recognizes the history of a primarily throughout the five- African American neighborhood. year process.

The Rogers Washington Holy Cross Brenda Malik and Neighborhood Association heard Patricia Calhoun are unanimous support for their designation leaders in the Rogers from the Historic Landmark Commission, Washington Holy Planning Commission, and City Council. Cross Neighborhood “With the rapid growth of our city, East Association who have Austin has been hit particularly hard with deep roots in the layouts after World War II, and homes the erasure of historically and culturally neighborhood. Their work to stabilize their of the Minimal Traditional, Ranch, and significant places. Developed in an era of community with a historic designation Contemporary styles. John Chase, the explicit racial segregation that actually was personal. “It let us feel like there first African American graduate of the prevented black home ownership in was hope for the future, not only for us University of Texas School of Architecture most of Austin, Rogers Washington Holy but for our children. We wanted to hand (graduating in 1952), and the first African Cross represented a beacon of hope down this legacy of culture and family and American architect to be licensed by the and opportunity,” read a statement pride that we had in this historic Black state of Texas, designed several homes in from District 1 Council Member Natasha neighborhood. The designation gave us the district. Harper-Madison. Widespread support for that opportunity, as well as giving us an the designation can be attributed to the economic advantage so we didn’t have African Americans moved to Rogers community’s inclusive efforts to craft to worry so much about the pressures of Washington Holy Cross because it design standards, communicate with development and the rising taxes that provided resources at a time when residents, and spread the word about moved us out,“ Malik said in an interview establishments in other parts of the city the remarkable history of their tight-knit at Calhoun’s home. were turning them away. Actions at local, neighborhood. state, and federal levels of government Rogers Washington Holy Cross was segregated Black residents to the area In 2016, the Neighborhood Association initially developed in the 1950s. Residents for decades. In 1928, the City of Austin contacted the City of Austin and purchased lots in the Washington and commissioned the engineering firm Preservation Austin looking for tools Holy Cross Heights subdivisions, bounded Koch and Fowler to create a city plan. It to address rising property taxes, new today by Manor Road, E. Martin Luther recommended that Austin concentrate its construction they saw as incompatible King, Jr. Blvd., Chestnut Avenue, and African American population by relocating with their neighborhood, and the Cedar Street. The area features cul-de- Black businesses and institutions to displacement of long-time families. sacs characteristic of suburban street the area east of East Avenue (now I-35).

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Some institutions were already in this area at the time of the plan, including L. C. Anderson High School. Others were established as a result of segregationist policies, like Kealing Middle School, Austin’s first Junior High School for black students. In 1940, the Catholic Diocese of Austin built Holy Cross Hospital (at 2613 Rogers Avenue, the site of the current L. L. Campbell Elementary School) to serve African American Austinites at a time when Brackenridge Hospital, west of East Avenue, would not.

Austin became further segregated RWHC homeowner Patricia Calhoun in the 1940s, when Federal Housing Avenue), until he went on to become series “Let’s Pretend,” which featured an Administration policies led to racially the first African American Travis County African American six-year old growing up restrictive covenants and discriminatory Commissioner in 1980. in early 20th-century Austin. Mrs. Calhoun mortgage lending practices that later used the series to create a curriculum legally barred minorities from white Patricia Calhoun comes from another for her reading students. neighborhoods. As a result, Rogers family of prominent educators and Washington Holy Cross was one of few community leaders who chose to make Children in Rogers Washington Holy options for African Americans looking to Rogers Washington Holy Cross their Cross grew up watching their parents, improve their living situation. home. Calhoun’s father, Theodore Calvin aunts, uncles, and neighbors fight Calhoun chaired the math department for basic civil rights. When Brenda The Mims family was one such family at L.C. Anderson High School, where he Malik’s family moved to Austin, African that sought an improved living situation. also coached football for ten years. He Americans could not attend shows at Brenda Mims Malik moved to Rogers later succeeded I.Q. Hurdle to become the the Paramount Theatre. When Malik Washington Holy Cross with her family at second principal of Kealing Junior High. attended L. L. Campbell Elementary the the age of nine from a house on E. 12th Mr. Calhoun served Kealing from 1939 until Austin ISD Board of Education had yet to Street. Her father, Carnegie Harvard Mims, 1971, when the school was closed as part desegregate elementary schools. Calhoun Sr., moved the family originally from San of Austin’s desegregation efforts. He also could not use the whites-only bathroom Angelo, TX, where he was principal of one taught as a visiting professor at Huston- while shopping at Scarbrough’s department of the first integrated high schools in Texas. Tillotson. store downtown, nor could she spend her Her brother, Carnegie Harvard Mims, Jr., was summers swimming in Pool. in one of the first integrated graduating Calhoun’s mother, Thelma Calhoun, worked classes from Stephen F. Austin High School. as a Jeanes Supervisor to Travis County, a Early on, the Neighborhood Association Malik was a majorette in the L.C. Anderson special position overseeing Black schools was a vessel for organizing to demand High School band and marched annually in in the region that was part of a Southern change. “This neighborhood association the Aqua Festival Parade down Congress network of such teachers who served was established in the early sixties with Avenue. She attended Huston-Tillotson between 1908-1968. Later in her career, Ankie [Willie Mae] Kirk as their first University and the University of Texas at she was a reading specialist for children president in order to connect with each Austin, and worked as a news anchor for at Maplewood and Sims elementaries. She other, hold onto each other, and lift up KXAN. Later, she served as City Council worked with Ada Simond during Simond’s each other,” Malik said at the Historic aide to Jimmy Snell (a neighbor on Givens publication of the award-winning children’s Continued on next page

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Landmark Commission hearing in July. expansive. We had many meetings, went year in high school. After graduating from Kirk, Malik’s mother, Calhoun’s aunt, and door-door with flyers. We had National L.C. Anderson, Calhoun earned a degree a team of active mothers made an impact Night Out tables with all the materials from Michigan State University and went well outside their neighborhood with years there. We had several open houses... We on to practice interior design in of picketing outside segregated Austin were very serious about accommodating and Dallas. In 2016, after years of visits businesses and public spaces. every property owner, every renter,” Malik to her hometown, Calhoun moved back said. Their work gave way not only to the into the family home. She is proud to At the time of , Calhoun and historic district, but to an even tighter rejoin the community where she grew up. Malik said they receive weekly contact community. Calhoun and Malik feel that “Many of us have come back home, so from interested buyers. Calhoun mimicked the designation process “kept us together, we’re getting to know each other again.” developers: “‘I have an interest in your because we had to communicate more.” But, property taxes have nearly tripled, house. Are you ready to sell?’” The Neighborhood Association also worked and she grew concerned about the new hard to write design standards that would houses that did not reflect the character “‘You might as well sell now,’” echoed satisfy the community and the city. At the of her neighborhood. Calhoun worries Malik. They explained that such Historic Landmark Commission meeting that when she stops working, she will solicitations sometimes work. Calhoun, on July 27, Commissioner Kevin Koch not be able to afford her home, even with for example, owns her house because said, “I want to congratulate the entire the rehabilitation-based tax abatement she inherited it from her parents and team for the design standards. They are made possible by the historic district can afford property taxes for now. Many exceptionally well-written… They strike designation. of the historic district’s forty-seven a perfect balance between development contributing homes are still owned by potential and retention of historic fabric.” Today the district upholds more than the families that built them. But heirs This reflects the Association’s original just its history. Addressing City Council who have moved away have done so with intent. Throughout the designation members on September 3, Rogers developers’ money. “That’s the story of the process, Malik wanted to keep in mind Washington Holy Cross resident Mesa neighborhood,” Calhoun said. that the community was “not against Ramirez said, “Your vote is not only change. We were not against new people for preservation, but also a vote for a In 2016, the Neighborhood Association coming in. We just wanted to keep the neighborhood steeped in acceptance, began informing neighbors of the plan character of the neighborhood the same.” love, the urge to do what’s right and most to pursue historic district designation important of all community.“ h and inviting them to participate in the The Calhouns built their home on Givens process. “Our community engagement was Avenue in 1959, during Patricia’s senior

Documenting Central Austin’s Heritage

T he City of Austin Historic Preservation Creek survey is being completed by designate a property until a citizen files Office currently has two historic Cox|McLain Environmental Consulting, Inc. a zoning application. The surveys will be resources surveys underway: one in the The University, Windsor, and Hyde finalized and available to the public in the North Loop, Hancock, and Upper Boggy Park survey is being completed by spring of 2021. In the meantime, visit Creek neighborhood planning areas, and HHM & Associates. These surveys evaluate www.austintexas.gov/pagecurrentprojects one in the University, Windsor, and Hyde 45+ year-old buildings to identify potential for more information, and stay tuned for Park neighborhood planning areas. The local historic districts and landmarks. upcoming opportunities to learn about the North Loop, Hancock, and Upper Boggy The City of Austin will not take action to survey results. h

PRESERVATION AUSTIN 13 H President’s Message h Clayton Bullock

D ear fellow Preservationists,

My history as a native Austinite runs deep. to implore you to join me in the critical I want to listen My ancestor Richard Bullock opened the endeavor of “Saving the Good Stuff.” 2020 and help. 1st hotel in Austin at 6th & Congress in has seen too many iconic losses in our 1839. The hotel was operated for a time city, and it will take our whole community Like you, I’m by Angelina Eberly, who is celebrated by to stem the tide. busy running my a statue out front depicting her firing a own business, cannon to protect the state archives in the I want the Austin of the past to inspire the parenting my aptly named Archive War of 1842. next generation to preserve and protect family of four, the Austin of their future. I want my son and staying active in more than one non- If I could fire a cannon to express my Graham (age 10 in the photo, now 12) and profit that benefits local critical causes. But enthusiasm for daughter (age 14) to enjoy the places and let me buy you coffee or a beer after work the mission of rich character in Austin’s core that make so I can hear your Austin story. My Austin Preservation our city such a special place to live. is different than your Austin, I bet, and I Austin without want to hear about the places that make being jailed, Think hard about what places in Central Austin special to you. Text or email me at I would. Texas mean the most to you. Is it a block? 512.797.6446 or [email protected]. I instead A park? A building? Surely you’ve visited will use my a place in Austin that struck a chord, and All the best, platform you would agree that Austin would be one as Board step closer to Anywhere, USA, if that place President was lost. Tell me about those places — Clayton Bullock

Matching Grants Support Efforts Across Austin P reservation Austin continues to support home. The farmhouse at Boggy Creek Farm, Fort Colorado stood on the north bank exciting and diverse projects across Austin built between 1840 and 1841, stands as a of the west of Walnut through our matching grant program. This physical testament to the labors and skills of Creek in today’s East Austin. Historic summer we awarded grants to the 1853 enslaved African Americans who labored in aerial photography indicated vegetation Watson House at 1601 Navasota, to the its construction and who worked the fields alignments consistent with the fort palisade Rogers House at 1104 E. 10th Street, and of this antebellum plantation. Our grant walls north and south of Martin Luther King to Boggy Creek Farm at 3414 Lyons Road. supported replacement of this City of Austin Boulevard, including within Travis Audubon Watson House plans include researching Landmark’s roof. Society’s nature preserve. The project will the inhabitants and visitors, such as the further identify resources of El Camino Real wife of the Bowie knife inventor, a Texas This fall we awarded funding for El Camino and reveal the hidden narrative of how Governor, a renowned architect, and LGBTQ Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Coahuiltecan speaking indigenous peoples, history that spans decades. The Rogers Association’s archaeological reconnaissance former Spanish settlers, Anglo-Europeans, House, located in East Austin’s Robertson/ survey of the Blair Woods Nature Preserve and African Americans collaborated on the Stuart & Mair Local Historic District, includes Property with the Travis Audubon Society founding of the fort. h rehabilitation of the foundation, windows, and GTI Environmental, LLC. Active between doors, porch, and roof of this neighborhood 1836 and 1838, the

14 Fall 2020 Texas Supreme Court Case Challenges Houston’s Historic Preservation Ordinance by David Bush, Executive Director, Preservation Houston

T he Texas Supreme Court has agreed does not govern land use. Although zoning that are not tied to zoning. to hear a case challenging Houston’s districts are imposed by city governments, historic preservation ordinance. In the case, Houston’s historic districts must be Preservation Houston signed an amicus Kathleen Powell and Paul Luccia v. City approved by a majority of the included brief that has been submitted to the of Houston, two Heights property owners property owners. Zoning must also be part Supreme Court supporting the City of sued the city claiming that the historic of a comprehensive citywide plan; historic Houston’s position. The brief was co- preservation ordinance violates the city districts cover less than 1 percent of signed by the National Trust for Historic charter, which prohibits zoning in Houston Houston’s land area. Preservation, Preservation Action, National without a citywide referendum. Alliance of Preservation Commissions, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has Preservation Texas, Historic Fort Worth, The case has been moving through the filed a brief supporting the petitioners Preservation Austin, Preservation Dallas, San court system for several years. Lower and expanding the scope of the case. The Antonio Conservation Society, Astrodome courts have upheld the city’s position original suit only dealt with Houston’s Conservancy and the Trost Society of El Paso. that the preservation ordinance does not preservation ordinance, but Paxton’s filing constitute zoning as defined by Texas law. could impact every home-rule municipality Oral arguments are scheduled to begin Unlike zoning, the preservation ordinance in the state with preservation protections January 5. h

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HERITAGETITLEOFAUSTIN.COM 512/505-5000 Whose History? Celebrating Cultural Heritage by Translating Community History

by Cara Bertron, City of Austin

T he City of Austin’s Historic Preservation districts in Central East Office and consultants The Projecto Austin. However, when and Open Chair are wrapping up the final the grant application portion of the Translating Community was assembled nearly a History project, which focuses on engaging year after the survey’s with community members about the completion, none of the buildings and stories that make places communities identified as special. potential historic districts had reached out to the Translating Community History is Historic Preservation supported by the federal Underrepresented Office to explore the Communities Grant Program, which is benefits of designation. intended to increase the number of In the grant, Historic Meeting attendees could put pins to a map showing where they had properties associated with historically Preservation Office staff personal or family connections. underrepresented communities that saw an opportunity to to existing nominations, and historic are listed in the National Register of develop a neighborhood- context statements. But City staff knew Historic Places. The National Park Service focused model for sharing—and listening— that National Register nominations administers the program, awarding roughly about how historic preservation tools could not be the only final products for one dozen grants nationwide each year. could help meet community goals. a community-focused project. No matter how well-written, the nominations would Austin’s Translating Community History From the beginning, it was clear that a each run 50 or more pages long, and project includes three components: project led by the City alone would not would likely not catch the interest of most be able to achieve the project’s goals. • Neighborhood meetings and story- neighborhood residents. Limiting the grant Two community stakeholder groups were sharing in two focus areas within the outcomes to these relatively academic convened early to invite essential voices East Cesar Chavez and Blackshear documents would miss an opportunity to of local institutions, cultural organizations, Prospect Hill neighborhoods broadly share about local heritage. and focus area residents to help shape (completed in fall 2019) the project. The stakeholder group • Two National Register nominations The heritage project was conceived as a selected the focus areas, advised City recognizing significant places with that could creatively knit together staff and consultants on outreach efforts, African American and Mexican the past and present through archival and outlined desired activities for the American heritage research, present-day resident portraits, community heritage projects. • Multi-part heritage projects for each and personal stories. The consultant team focus area initially proposed to set up photobooths The heritage projects are an unusual at community events like Juneteenth The project was sparked by the East component of an Underrepresented and Cinco de Mayo, print large-scale Austin Historic Resources Survey, which Communities Grant, since the grant posters of the portraits on-site, and invite identified twenty-seven potential historic program typically focuses more narrowly the portrait subjects to help install the on National Register nominations, updates

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16 Fall 2020 Community History, continued from page 16 posters on nearby building walls using materials and have wheatpaste. The temporary installations discussed potential future would help to tell important stories expansions of the heritage about historical ownership and deep project model with other cultural roots, while raising awareness of City departments. Staff are the project. Afterwards, the images and also completing National stories collected would be incorporated Register nominations for into catalogs alongside historic photos Huston-Tillotson University and archival research from the National and Parque Zaragoza, Register nominations. in cooperation with HT and the City’s Parks and The COVID-19 pandemic required a nimble Recreation Department. Marilyn Poole speaks at a neighborhood meeting about her grand- father, master gardener Jerome Hill, who lived in the change of direction. Instead of community College Heights focus area in Blackshear Prospect Hill. events, the consultant team set up socially Visit the Historic distanced photoshoots in front of people’s Preservation Office at homes and recorded video and audio from www.austintexas.gov/ participants. The team will install the page/current-projects to wheatpaste posters around East Austin see the National Register in late November or early December. The nominations, catalogs, and portraits will still be incorporated into videos, which will be posted catalogs, which will be available in print around late November. and online. Finally, short videos featuring Learn more about The community members and neighborhood Projecto and Open Chair at footage will provide an easy introduction www.theprojecto.org and to the project and focus areas. www.openchairatx.com. h

Community members were invited to add personal stories to a City staff are currently working with timeline that highlighted community triumphs and resilience in the face of longstanding discriminatory policies and practices by the consultant team on finalizing these the City and private entities like banks.

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PRESERVATION AUSTIN 17 Historic Preservation & Heritage Tourism Program

by the Austin Parks & Recreation Department

T he City of Austin Parks and Recreation several projects, including the restoration partner in the promotion of tourism, Department (PARD) is the steward of the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel, the with public parks, museums, and cultural for a multitude of historic and cultural historic Garden Sheds at Mayfield Park, centers among the top tourist attractions resources, which are beloved and iconic and the historic stone wall and gate at in the city. Heritage Tourism is a powerful symbols of Austin. Founded in 1928, the the Museum, as well as economic engine for Austin’s economy. department manages historic museums, the commencement of the design phase Investment in PARD cultural and historic parks, pools, cemeteries, as well as many for O. Henry Museum. Then in FY18, City sites results in increased visitation recreation structures that reflect the Council directed the establishment of the from tourists, which in turn, supports department’s various eras of development. Historic Preservation Fund funded by 15% PARD’s mission to protect and preserve When Kim McKnight began working with of the total annual HOT revenue, which is the historic and prehistoric resources of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department managed by the Heritage Tourism Division Austin’s park systems for the enjoyment, in 2010, there was not an inventory of of the Economic Development Department. education, and economic benefit of historic resources nor a dedicated effort Since 2017, City Council designated residents and visitors. towards historic preservation. Fast forward approximately $19 million to PARD historic ten years to PARD’s Historic Preservation preservation projects including Oakwood Central to the core mission of the and Heritage Tourism Program, which Cemetery, O. Henry Museum, Seaholm department is to protect and preserve oversees the restoration, stewardship, Intake Building, Zilker Clubhouse, Fiesta the park system, which requires the interpretation, and promotion of the Gardens, Barton Springs Bathhouse, Zilker active management of the historic and irreplaceable historic and cultural Café, Downs Field Grandstands, Norwood cultural resources of the park system. resources of Austin’s park system. House, Brush Square, Elisabet Ney The Historic Preservation and Heritage Museum, and Sunken Gardens at Zilker Tourism Program team comprises an In 2017, Austin City Council first allocated Park. The Historic Preservation Fund has interdisciplinary group of fields including Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) revenue supported the staffing needs of key PARD historic preservation, architecture, public directly to PARD to support historic historic sites as well as added additional history, and marketing. While restoration preservation projects at PARD tourist sites. staff to PARD’s Historic Preservation and of historic sites is a focus of the program, Nearly $1 million was allocated towards Heritage Tourism Program to assist in the promotion, and activation of historic historic designations, program sites is also a critical component. The and project management, team produces and coordinates with interpretation, and marketing. partners to develop interpretive, historical, and wayfinding signage, such as recent The goal of PARD’s Historic signage at Butler Park, Wooldridge Square, Preservation and Heritage and the Fannie Davis Gazebo. Historic Tourism Program is for visitors designations provide protections for and residents to discover historical resources but also to elevate and experience an authentic the profile of the site. Some of the recent connection to Austin’s diverse landmark designations on PARD Properties history through the active include: restoration and promotion of • National Register of Historic Places: PARD’s historic resources and Fiesta Gardens, Mt. Bonnell, Fannie sites. PARD is an important Fannie Davis Gazebo Continued on the next page

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Park supporters and The program’s vision is to grow to be a part of Central Texas municipal park system leader in the field of Juneteenth Committee cultural and historic resource management and Greater East Austin and heritage tourism promotion. PARD Youth Association historic sites will be preserved and donned face masks restored as well as interpreted and for a marker unveiling promoted. Visitors will find their experience that was filmed for educational and learn about the heritage of the public. Ms. Delores Austin through thoughtful interpretation of Duffie, namesake of the the city’s history through park spaces. h

Rosewood Park marker unveiling Rosewood Park Recreation Davis Town Lake Gazebo, Update of Center, was featured in the 1997 NRHP district video congratulating the • State Antiquities Landmark Designation park and the community on for Mt. Bonnell the award. The video was • State Historical Marker: Rosewood promoted through social Park, Parque Zaragoza, Gant Family at media and was viewed more Oakwood Annex than 2,200 times garnering • Historic Texas Cemetery designation for much attention for this Evergreen Cemetery beloved and historical park.

• Texas Recreation and Park Society Lone Star Legacy Award: Eastwoods Park, Although the Historic Rosewood Park, Parque Zaragoza Preservation and Heritage Tourism Program has made great strides in a The COVID-19 pandemic has not slowed short time, there is much down preservation projects in the works work to be done. Program or promotion of the parks. Recently, PARD goals include enhancing installed a State Historical Marker and a cultural resource Texas Recreation and Park Society Lone Star management, increasing Legacy Award at Rosewood Neighborhood public awareness of Park. The original intent was to have a archeological resources, marker dedication ceremony that coincided and fostering partnerships with the annual Juneteenth celebrations for expanded programming that have taken place at the park since 1930. at PARD historic sites. However, it became clear that Juneteenth PARD’s historic resource was not going to take place in person and inventory features more therefore, the marker dedication would not Congratulations to the 2020 than 300 sites, buildings, occur either. The team sprang into action Preservation Merit Award Recipients! structures, and objects. and developed a virtual marker dedication We are proud to support those who continue The vision of the Historic ceremony. The video was a celebration of to preserve Austin’s unique history. Preservation and Heritage Rosewood Park’s history and community. Giving something back. Tourism Program is Lee Dawson, Tami Johnson-Dawson, It’s our Endeavor. ambitious but determined. and their family, longtime Rosewood 500 W. 5th Suite 700 | Austin, TX | 512.682.5500 | www.endeavor-re.com

PRESERVATION AUSTIN 19 heritage quiz h by Elizabeth Porterfield & Maggie Conyngham

reservation Austin presents our Facebook Heritage Quiz the first Friday of every month! The first follower to correctly identify a local landmark receives a $5 gift card to East Austin’s Cenote Café, housed in the 1887 McDonald-Cain House, courtesy of your favorite preservation nonprofit.

Congratulations to our Spring, Summer and Fall contestants for spotting the following properties:

October: Donn’s Depot (1600 W 5th Street) Austin staple Donn’s Depot has been described as “a dancehall, a honky tonk, and a piano bar” all in one. The bar has a storied history and is even the subject of a film called “Good Night Blues” directed by Jay Curlee. The original owner, Bob Ogden, bought an old railroad depot and several train cars for a mere $300 in the early 1970s, towing it to its current location at 5th and West Lynn. The Ogdens originally set out to create a piano bar where they and their friends could listen to good music regularly. That tradition has continued for the last 48 years to the delight of our community.

Donn Adelman was a regular performer at the original “McNeil Depot,” which opened Donn’s Depot in 1972. He became the owner in 1978 and has changed very little about the space save for occasional cosmetic updates, following the old adage, “if it ain’t broke, don’t break it.” If there were ever a place in town where everybody knows your name, it’s Donn’s Depot. The bar has drawn an eclectic and welcoming crowd since its inception; it’s the type of place where a 90 year-old and a 20-something can sit at the same table, eat popcorn and share stories over good music and cheap drinks. Donn’s has long housed weekly musical residencies and even once, an impromptu performance by George Strait. Adelman has said that they aren’t “Keeping Austin weird,” but rather “Keeping Austin Austin.”

The bar had to shut down temporarily due to the coronavirus pandemic, but hopes open up as soon as possible with necessary precautions in place. In the meantime, several avenues of funding to keep Donn’s going have cropped up, including a subscription- like donation service as well as several GoFundMe’s. Please consider supporting today if you are able! H Winner: Lauren Englund

September: Quality Seafood (5621 Airport Blvd) Quality Seafood Market dates to 1938 when businessman Garnett Lenz opened a seafood stall at Starr’s Fruit and Vegetable Market on Congress Avenue. After several downtown relocations, Mr. Lenz sold the seafood market in 1958 to Chester C. Husted who named it Quality Seafood. In 1965, Mr. Husted relocated the market to East Avenue and installed a kitchen for to-go food orders. The final move to Airport Boulevard occurred in 1970. Mr. Husted’s son and daughter took over the business in the early 1980s and added the first dine-in restaurant.

In 2003, new owners Paul and Carol Huntsberger added “Market” to the name and expanded the menu and dining room facilities. Carol Huntsberger, now the sole owner, later incorporated a private dining room, food truck, oyster grill, and even on-site cooking classes. In its 82nd year of operation, Quality Seafood Market continues to provide Austinites with fresh seafood from around the world through its retail and wholesale seafood market and restaurant.

Quality Seafood Market is OPEN for dine-in and take-out. Visit qualityseafoodmarket. com for hours of operation and daily menu updates, and enjoy some “quality seafood”

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August: The Mohawk (912 Red River Street) Likely built in 1885, this two-story brick building has a storied history. Early occupants of the building included Ben Garza’s meat market in the early 20th century, Spradling and Blevins Furniture Company shortly after, and Jose Carlin’s “El Charro” Mexican restaurant in the 1930s.

The building became the “Quorum Club” in the early 1970s, possibly named after the infamous club of the same name in Washington, D.C. The spot was known to be a “favorite haunt of Texas legislators and politicos,” where they might “acquire their hangovers” during a legislative session. By 1978, the building had turned into a restaurant and music venue called the Caucus Club. The Caucus Club re-opened in 1996 as a swing-dancing club with a speakeasy Mohawk vibe, and described as “a graceful and elegant alternative” to the more debaucherous Sixth Street haunts.

Since 2006, it has been home to the Mohawk, a popular live music venue hosting mostly punk and rock-and-roll acts. Legend has it that a former employee fell to their death down an unsecured dumbwaiter, and that those who come to open or close up the bar have had more than a few “supernatural experiences” in the building. Urban and living legends alike have graced the Mohawk’s hallowed walls. Performances range from budding local talent to the legendary Iggy Pop & The Stooges and popular artists such as the Wu-Tang Clan and Mac Demarco. The space also hosts events such as the annual Mohawk “Queso-off” and “Bring Your Own Vinyl” happy hours. Mohawk is an Austin institution that helps make up the storied Red River Cultural District downtown. It is also a proud member of the NIVA - National Independent Venue Association; check out their website for ways to support the live music venues we love and cherish during these hard times! www.nivassoc.org/

H Winner: Cha Meyer

July: Austin Country Club (811 E 41st Street) Constructed in 1934 as the Austin Country Club clubhouse, this building is known today as the Hancock Recreation Center in honor of Austin’s former Mayor Lewis Hancock, Jr. In 1899 Hancock was instrumental in creating the Austin Country Club golf course (now the adjacent Hancock Golf Course and one of the oldest golf courses in Texas). Prominent Austin architect Charles H. Page, Jr. designed the clubhouse, and the limestone and bricks used in its construction were salvaged from the demolition of Old Main Building on the University of Texas at Austin campus. The City of Austin purchased the building in 1946, but the Austin Country Club continued to use the facility Austin Country Club until 1951. At that time, the clubhouse became one of Austin’s first city recreation centers. Amenities include a ballroom, sunroom, pro-shop, and office spaces, as well as additional activity rooms in a 1960’s rear addition. Today, the Hancock Recreation Center is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL) and is a contributing resource to the National Register-listed Hancock Golf Course. H Winner: Michelle Slattery

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June: Wesley United Methodist Church (1160 San Bernard Street) Wesley United Methodist Church is noteworthy for both its architecture and long- standing cultural significance. The congregation and original church building at 9th and Neches Streets dates back to the 1860s, making it the oldest in the City of Austin. The first meeting was held in the basement of the Tenth Street M.E. Church on March 4, 1865 at the tail end of the Civil War, with services led by Reverend Joseph Welch. The building’s Historic Landmark plaque reads that the church was established for a growing community of freedmen in Austin, and many of the early members had attended while enslaved.

The current iteration at San Bernard Street was constructed in 1928 to expand Wesley United Methodist Church facilities. The new construction cost around $50,000 and created more space for worship, an on-site library, and for classes for Samuel Huston College (later merged to become Huston-Tillotson University.) In 2017, the Equal Justice Initiative erected a memorial plaque in front of the church to commemorate victims of terror lynchings in Travis County as part of their Community Remembrance Project.

The present church was constructed the same year that a segregationist Master Plan of Austin mandated all black residents move to a six square mile “negro district” east of East Avenue (later I-35). Despite a 1917 Supreme Court ruling that residential segregation was illegal, an all-white City Council passed the 1928 plan to “solve the segregation problem” by way of “recommendation of this district as a negro district; and that all the facilities and conveniences be provided the negroes in this district, as an incentive to draw the negro population to this area.”

Long-term ramifications of this plan are continuously felt today in the ethnically diverse East Austin neighborhoods. The district, now home to Six-Square: Austin’s Black Cultural District, is home to many historic black businesses, schools, and churches.

H Winner: Kevin Koch

May: Delwood Shopping Center (E. 38th Street and I-35) Delwood Shopping Center opened in October 1951 as Austin’s “first automobile- oriented shopping center.” Envisioned and owned by area developer Bascom Giles, who developed much of the adjacent Delwood neighborhood, it featured 65,000 square feet of fully air-conditioned shopping space and over five acres of parking. Its location along the newly established interregional highway (the precursor to I-35) ensured easy access for area motorists.

The shopping center’s design included an “arcade” through the main building connecting stores in front with rear parking areas and a shaded walkway for pedestrians around the entire façade. Original stores included Checker Front Grocery No. 19, Delwood Pharmacy, Delwood Dry Cleaners and Washatorium, Delwood Barber Shop, Delwood Beauty Salon, Lad ‘n Lassie Children’s Shop, and a dentist’s office, among others. The shopping center served Austinites for several generations before its demolition and the subsequent redevelopment of the site in the 1990s. Today, the only reminder of the original shopping center is the Delwood marquee sign that originally adorned its rooftop. Delwood Shopping Center H Winner: Elizabeth Brummett Continued on the next page

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April: Green and White Grocery (1201 E. 7th Street) Naverto Lopez opened Green and White Grocery, now known as the Witchdoctor Store, in the early 1940s. The Lopez family lived nearby on 6th and Waller, and their business served East Austin’s Mexican American community for several decades. The store sold everything from electrical and household supplies to fresh food and renowned Christmastime tamales.

John Cazares began working at Green and White in 1946, where he caught the eye of the owner’s daughter Olga, both students at Austin High School. They married in 1955 and took over the store after Naverto’s passing in Green & White Grocery 1971. Cazares was known as being a friend to all, providing jobs and feeding those suffering hard times. The store’s legacy is upheld by the younger Cazares children, who took over in 1993. Green and White Grocery currently serves as a botánica. H Winner: Tracy Patrick Warren

March: Herrera House (1805 E. 3rd Street) Several generations the Herrera family of Mexican American educators and activists lived in this East Austin home for over 100 years. Its architecture is characteristic of the National Folk style, including a cross-gabled roof, porch, and L-shaped plan.

Valentin and Josefa Herrera inhabited the house beginning around 1911, followed by daughters Consuelo, Mary Grace, and Diana. Valentin was an educator, teaching at a Spanish school for many years, while his wife Josefa was proprietor of an Eastside confectionary shop called El Fenix.

Consuelo Herrera Méndez attended Austin High School and the University of Texas before becoming a certified teacher, but originally was not hired Herrera House because of her ethnicity. In 1927, she became the first Mexican American teacher in AISD. She taught at the then-segregated Comal Street School, as well as the Zavala School and Brooke Elementary. She and her husband became prominent activists in the community, founding the Zavala PTA and organizing political initiatives for Hispanic residents of East Austin.

Her sister Mary Grace Herrera became the second Mexican-American teacher hired at AISD. She taught at the Palm School beginning in the 1930s and was active in the school desegregation movement in the 1970s. She resided at the house from childhood until her death in 1992. Diana Herrera Castaneda lived in the house from 1992 until her death in 2016. Diana was the first Latina elected to the AISD School Board and was an activist across many Eastside schools and Austin organizations.

The Herrera House was recommended for historic designation by the East Austin Historic Resources Survey and became a City of Austin Landmark on January 23, 2020.

H Winner: Zak Robinson h

PRESERVATION AUSTIN 23 Virtual Homes Tour a Success!

W e want to thank everyone in the our featured homeowners, and all the Preservation Austin community for making talented film, photography, and design “Downtown Doorsteps,” our first-ever virtual professionals who donated their time to Homes Tour, such a resounding success! producing this beautiful program. The event premiered to over seven hundred viewers on August 13, from here in Texas We are indebted to our sponsors for their and across the United States, followed by a steadfast support, and to everyone who special panel where board member Harmony purchased a ticket, even as we pivoted from Grogan, homeowners Michael Raiford and an in-person to a live tour. Your contributions Todd Logan, and Executive Director Lindsey enabled us to raise over $58,000 to support And speaking of the holidays, cooler weather Derrington were joined by 160 guests. the Homes Tour and more – just shy of our and much-needed family time makes this a budget goal, an incredible feat in the midst perfect season to get outside and explore This was such an uplifting, positive of this pandemic. our “Downtown Doorsteps” self-guided experience for all involved. The overwhelming tour. Download the tour and a special bike response from our audience was truly If you missed the tour, no worries! route courtesy of Bike Austin. Visit humbling. This event could not have been Tickets are still available for $20 through www.preservationaustin.org/homes-tour possible without our Homes Tour Committee, our website. These make great holiday gifts! for details.

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24 Fall 2020 New Interns Join PA for Fall 2020

W e’re excited to welcome two interns to Preservation Austin! Ana Sierra serves as our Social Media and Public Relations Intern, and Hanna Stark serves as our Policy Intern with a focus on local government. From managing awards promotions to digging into policy research, these young women bring such professionalism and poise to their work. We’re lucky to have them on our team.

Ana Sierra Where are you from? Houston, TX

Where do you go to school and what do you study? I am currently a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, majoring in Public Relations with a minor in business.

Why are you excited about working with Preservation Austin? I feel that historic preservation, along with the many other goals of Preservation Austin, is incredibly important especially given current circumstances. I’m excited to help spread PA’s mission statement and advocate for all that we do.

What is your favorite historic Austin location? The has always held a special place in my heart. Ever since I first stepped through its doors, almost 8 years ago, I was drawn to the intricate details, architecture, and history of the building. The Driskill is actually part of the reason I fell in love with Austin and decided to eventually attend UT Austin.

Hanna Stark Where are you from? Pittsburgh, PA

Where do you go to school and what do you study? I am getting my MS in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania. I have a BA in Architecture from Clemson University as well.

Why are you excited about working with Preservation Austin? I’m excited to work as the Policy Intern at Preservation Austin to combine my interests in preservation, advocacy, and public policy. I know how vital local government support is for a strong preservation community.

What is your favorite historic Philadelphia location? I really enjoy Philadelphia’s Boathouse Row, a National Historic Landmark, consisting of a dozen picturesque 19th-century rowing clubs. h

PRESERVATION AUSTIN 25 H Community Engagement Committee h Elisha Perez & Maggie Conynham, Co-Chairs

T he Community Engagement Committee We have launched our new “Preservation We have been brainstorming ways that (formerly the Education Committee) Shorts” series through social media. Preservation Austin can promote and has continued to stay engaged virtually This highlights different aspects of amplify the voices of our city’s diverse over the last six months with some preservation by local Austinities, whether cultural landscape. We are approaching exciting updates. We have adopted a they are historic homeowners, run our major year-long goal of defining our virtual schedule for our monthly meetings, historic businesses, or have fascinating target audience through a comprehensive changed our committee name and neighborhood stories to tell. We have community survey. Our intent is to have charter to better align with Preservation received some great “shorts” from and continue to have conversations with a Austin’s strategic plan, and have participants thus far. Preservation Austin’s wide range of Austin community members continued to actively engage with our own Lesley Walker took us on a tour of the about how Preservation Austin can best community through new programming. The McFarland House in June, highlighting all serve their interests. Lots of exciting work committee’s new charter better reflects of the incredible renovation work done by is underway and we can’t wait to see our long-term, substantive goals for the members and volunteers. Will took where it goes! h new fiscal year and beyond. us behind-the-scenes of a (rarely) empty Antone’s in July, describing in detail the Purpose: Connects culturally, racially, storied history of one of and generationally diverse constituents Austin’s favorite music with Preservation Austin’s work. venues. In September local architect and PA • Creates space for meaningful, member Erica Heroy accessible, preservation-focused walked us through her conversations with Preservation beautifully restored Austin’s primary audience groups. East Austin bungalow, • Develops and delivers unique, high- which was featured impact educational experiences. on our 2019 Homes • Supports and amplifies existing Tour. We look forward preservation work being done across to highlighting more the Austin community. great examples of • Champions Preservation Austin’s historic preservation strategic priorities and programs to the throughout the city! community at large, as needed.

In addition to sharing Digital programming has been at the these videos on our forefront of our work since mid-March. social platforms, We had a great turnout of about thirty the Committee has participants in the virtual Greening Your set a long term goal Vintage Home event on July 7. We heard of developing new from members of the Natural Resources social content to Division and the Audubon Society about further our work, as pollinators, native wildlife and how well as continuing homeowners are able to incorporate native our monthly heritage species into their landscape. quiz competition on Facebook.

26 Fall 2020 Happy News! New Milestones for Norwood Park

by Colleen Theriot, President, Norwood Park Foundation

T he Norwood Park Foundation is thrilled something truly fine for our kids and future to announce two huge milestones. On generations. October 13 our site development plans were passed on consent by the Planning As many of you know, the big milestones Commission, wrapping a two-year permitting always bring even bigger new challenges effort. And then the very next day our with them. We’ve patted ourselves on the project architects filed 100% Construction back for about five minutes, and now it’s Documents, wow! These accomplishments on to the next step of actually turning dirt. followed a spring & summer of intense work We’ve raised $1.3 million to date to reach Architecture is so beautifully elegant and by our volunteer board and the professional shovel-ready, and we’ve secured $3 million speaks strongly to the masterful siting and team, under the difficulties of the pandemic. in public funding through our advocacy. geometry of the original Norwood estate. We’re so proud of the tremendous effort That’s where we are right now, working with We are confident that the rehabilitation and expended all around, all for the sake of a our team to refine the phasing and craft an repurposing of this fabulous 1922 special little house that deserves to shine initial contract so we can begin construction Craftsman bungalow with the staggering again and serve us all. at the site. We want to see that terra cotta view of downtown Austin and Lady Bird Lake tile roof appear on the cliff! will be an instant hit with visitors and will In general terms we’re now “shovel-ready” at ultimately inspire more preservation. the site - a status that the precious Norwood We’re also refining numbers ahead of a House has sought for thirty-five years, and final campaign to finish the fundraising for We will need everyone’s help to finish the our organization has focused on relentlessly all phases. We’re happy to report that the project! Please donate if you can, and stay for the past nine years. THANK YOU so “value-engineering” (cost-cutting) exercise tuned for a revamped website to appear, very much to our awesome volunteers, we went through, after the early estimates more announcements, and a call to action. and especially to our DONORS — including came in way too high, has actually improved Thank you Preservation Austin for your Preservation Austin and many PA members the project! The final design by Mell support! www.norwoodparkfoundation.org - for getting us to this point. You’ve given to Lawrence Architects and Campbell Landscape h

A Beautiful Symphony at Downs Field

C ome see “A Beautiful Symphony,” an “A Beautiful Symphony” celebrates the Field in East Austin any time through installation of portraits of the Downs legacy of players in the Negro Leagues, December 6. h Field community by Cindy Elizabeth as part while also uplifting the narratives of Huston- of ForkliftDanceworks’ year-long project Tillotson baseball and softball teams of celebrating the field. Titled “A Beautiful today. The project also suggests the future Symphony” for former player Lawrence generations of players who, as a result of Johnson’s description of baseball as a dance, the groundwork laid down by Negro League the project explores the importance of players in Texas, are able to imagine their Downs Field to the continual flourishing of role in the sport, no matter their gender, baseball in Texas, through the past, present, race, sexuality, ability or class. You can see and future. these amazing portraits by visiting Downs

PRESERVATION AUSTIN 27 H Advocacy Committee h Alyson McGee & Katie Carmichael, Co-Chairs

O ur community and the world have Preservation Austin also supported two Texas House District 14 special election, changed a lot since our last newsletter important resolutions. The Music Venue and this fall we did the same for the State went out in March. Many of us are Economic Recovery Resolution, supported House and Senate Districts that include working from home, meetings are held by the Red River Cultural District, was parts of Austin, and for Austin City Council. via video, and we only see our friends passed by City Council in June 2020 Responses were posted on Preservation and colleagues while wearing masks and called for the Red River Cultural Austin’s website for public access. Once and physically distancing from each District’s designation as a State Cultural successful candidates are in office our other. While these times introduce new District; the establishment of a cultural staff and Board members will reach out challenges, some that we already faced land trust; and exploration of Transfer of to discuss our preservation efforts and continue while new opportunities arise. Development Rights, land banking, and priorities for the coming year. acquisition strategies for stabilizing assets Over the past seven months the Advocacy and preserving existing venue spaces As a follow-up to Preservation Austin’s Committee (formerly Preservation citywide. The African American Cultural new Strategic Plan we changed the Committee) continued its work Heritage District Investment Initiative committee name to Advocacy Committee making policy recommendations to Resolution, sponsored by the East Austin to better reflect the focus of our work the Preservation Austin Board. Those Creative Coalition, goes to council this fall. and adopted a new charter and work plan. recommendations resulted in Preservation It calls for implementing a place-making From that the committee developed four Austin’s writing letters to City Council program and using the East Austin Historic priority areas for the coming year. Those supporting the Historic Preservation Survey to designate cultural, historic, and include: Office’s FY 2020-2021 budget and heritage landmarks and districts at the • Underrepresented and Under-told designation of the Rogers Washington local, state, and national levels, among Heritage. We will focus our efforts Holy Cross Local Historic District other proactive interventions to preserve on historic sites reflecting under- (see Page 11). and support Black and Brown heritage in represented communities and East Austin. under-told stories, including, but not We opposed the Certificate of limited to, those of African American, Appropriateness (COA) for the This summer we distributed preservation- Latinx, LGBTQ, and women. The goal Bartholomew-Robinson building at 1415 focused candidate questionnaires for the is to better tell the full story of Lavaca Street, which proposed erecting a Continued on the next page tower within the footprint of that City of Austin Landmark. The Historic Landmark Commission denied the COA because the project did not meet the requirements of the City Code or the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards. We supported historic zoning of 2502 Park View, located in Allandale’s “Air Conditioned Village,” built in 1954 to assess the cost-effectiveness and profitability of central air in middle- class housing. The property’s owner has since agreed to rehabilitate, rather than demolish, this historic home.

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Austin’s rich and diverse history and strengthening protections for older communities and facilitating a working advocate for saving the sites that and historic neighborhoods. We will group of Landmark property owners reflect that history. Strategies will continue to monitor the lawsuit filed to educate AISD about the benefits include finding ways to share the against the City and take action when of the historic landmark property tax stories of underrepresented peoples needed. exemption.

and sites and connecting with other • AISD School Closures and • The 87th Texas Legislative Session. groups doing similar work. We will also Decommissioning. In 2019, AISD’s The session begins in January 2021 and advocate for the use of the East Austin “School Changes” process called due to the pandemic lawmakers will Historic Resources Survey to designate for the closure of twelve schools. likely focus on economic relief and the local historic districts and City of Preservation Austin wrote a letter to State budget. We do not anticipate Austin landmarks that reflect a broader AISD’s Trustees urging them to engage bills being introduced that would more inclusive history of Austin. with the community to re-examine the adversely impact preservation efforts. • Update the City-wide Preservation Plan criteria used to evaluate which schools Our focus will be on monitoring bills, and Historic Preservation Ordinance should close, ensure additions to new advocating for the Texas Historical and continue to monitor revisions to schools are compatible with existing Commission’s budget and for funding the Land Development Code (LDC). The historic fabric; and finally, if closed, other state agencies that impact current City Preservation Plan dates to examine how campuses might be re- historic preservation, and building 1981 and does not reflect the current used in ways that honor their past and relationships with new and returning state of preservation activities in the allows them to remain resources for House and Senate members.

city, nor 21st century best practices. our community. This priority becomes The past few months have made us all A new plan would inform an update even more as the pandemic shifts more aware than ever of the inequalities to the existing preservation code to educational practices. Strategies in our city and nation, the challenges to make it more effective and efficient. will include developing lines of public school districts, and the need to We will advocate for the City to communication with AISD leadership, find ways to come together in meaningful secure funding to begin that planning providing examples of reasonable ways. We hope that the work we do can process. PA was deeply invested in the evaluation criteria and successful contribute to shaping a more inclusive, 2019 LDC rewrite efforts, advocating adaptive reuse of public schools, resilient, and meaningful community for a new preservation incentive and developing relationships with affected culture through preservation. h

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PRESERVATION AUSTIN 29 Many Thanks to H Our New & Renewing Members as of October 22, 2020

Benefactor Elizabeth and Lloyd Doggett John C. Horton, III Paula Hern and Thomas Barbour Marcia Desy Laura Joseph David Wilson Paul Carapetyan and Julia Spann Rita Ewing Anna Lee Linda Team and Lewis Donelson Ted and Christine Huston Clark and Jesse Lyda Sam and Marilyn Calliham James Anderson and Sarah Dale Laura Fowler Joseph DiQuinzio, Jr. and Sue Littlefield Trisha Bridges Maralyn Hare and Colleen Crump Jason Blake Tollett Waterloo Circle Elliot and Carol Short Andrew and Mary Ann Heller Paula and Lee Aaronson Jim Susman William Witliff and Sally Wittliff Sabrina and Jay Brown Connie Todd Partner Household Suzanne Deal Booth Kate McKenna Heather and Michael Becker Ann S. Graham and Arlen Johnson John and Medora Barkley Alison and Richard Ryan Diane Humphreys Charles York and Sharon Fleming Joe Bryson and Anne Ames Clark and Courtney Hoffman Jerre and Fern Santini Kelly Little George and Carole Nalle, III Susan Driver Renee J. and Eugene Sutton William Dickson Luisa Mauro Gary and Nannette Overbeck Dennis and Jill McDaniel Tere O’Connell Elaine and Britt Benton Marvin and Eva Womack Gail Weatherby & Andy Sieverman Roger and Christie Binkley Janis and Joseph Pinnelli Jay Farrell Laura Hur Jeffrey Straathof and Mafalda Tan Rita Ewing Kristy Ozmun Emily Moreland Rita Keenan Jeff and Liz Carmack Meta Butler Hunt Larry and Kathryn Anderson John W. and Jeani Smith, III Kevin Koch and Robert Schmidt Catherine Terrell Advocate Leon and Kay Whitney Elizabeth Knight Tracy and Darren Geyer Jeff and Pam Autrey David and Sally Hunter Carolyn Schilthuis Jim and Marty Moulthrop Trish Roach Jim and Donna Byerlotzer Carol Nelson Camille and Bryan Jobe Carolyn Schilthuis Sarah and Andrew McCalla Christina Cosio Earl Hunt Emily Reed Friend Ted Siff and Janelle Buchanan John and Dolly Barclay Gregory Tran Kathryn Robinson Marla Akin Jobe Fabrications Jeff and Toni Albrecht Andrew and Carol Reifsnyder Davison R. (Robin) Thompson Stanton Strickland Joanie Schoener Bentzin Susan Erickson Bob and Angela Ward Frederick and Ann Dure Brad and Colleen Theriot Erica and David Heroy Bergan and Stan Casey Barbara Bridges Jackie and Chandler Brooks Luci Baines Johnson and Ian Turpin Mandy Dealey Meghan Elwell Tonia Lucio Barbara Shallue Laura Wisdom and Thomas Durnin Michael Holleran Austin Pfiester John and Cindy Beall Sherman and Julia Hart Evelyn McNair Hallie Ferguson Clif and Kathryn Haggard Mary Paver Anne-Charlotte Patterson & Terrell Cooksey Erika Leonard Wynnell Noelke Adam and Maggie Stephens John and Lisa Tully Cathy Werner Madison and Bess Graham Karen Saadeh and David Matthis Charles and Sylvia Betts Sara Kennedy and Mark Fries Bill Hart and Liz Barhydt Charles and Carrielu B. Christensen Mary Reed and Rodney Root Joe Whitlock William and Carolyn Bingham Mary and Norman McRee A.B. Walters Sharon and Jim Hornfischer Steve and Leslie McConnico Continued on the next page

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Susan Hollon and J. B. McReynolds Bryan Cates Sustaining $50/Monthly Mary Summerall and Anne Woods Judith K. Shipway Kent and Reenie Collins Anthony Alofsin and Patricia Tierney Alofsin David Bukstein Mary Paver Monica Pereira and David Zisa Susan Marshall Pam and Bill Fielding Marta Stefaniuk Student Chris Riley and Denise Brown Gail Minault David Crain Michael Raiford and Todd Logan Joyce Stromberg Blair Fox Edwin Williams and Kim Mosley Business Benefactor Linda Fugit Tim Cuppett Architects Contributor Rosa Fry Charles and Kay Finnell Harold McMillan Waterloo Business Partner Susan Armstrong Fisher Susan Whyne HHM & Associates Dick Mitchell Patricia Calhoun Margaret Cowden Jenny Rose Ford Business Ambassador Susan Lindsey Meghan King Phoenix I Restoration & Construction, Ltd. Wooldridge Associates, LLC Janet Beinke Historic Millett Opera House Foundation Michele Webre Brendan Wittstruck O’Connell Architecture Walt Tashnick Kay Harvey-Mosley and David Mosley Southwest Strategies Group Inc Susan Morehead Donald G. Davis, Jr. Austin Asset Saundra Kirk Skout Real Estate Eugenia Harris Sustaining $10/Monthly Artisan Hardwood Floors Corp Lazan Pargaman Dane and Rita Hersey IBC Bank Marilyn Poole Elizabeth Brummett Maxwell Locke & Ritter Christine Gilbert Nathan Goodman Maureen McCormack Roblyn Thorne Business Leader Margaret Conyngham Jeannette Cook Hyde Park Neighborhood Association Wynnell Noelke Laura Barnett Limbacher and Godfrey Architects Laurel Petriello Diana Ball Austin Charter Bus Company Matt Welch and Sarah Weber Mary Janecek-Friedman GOGO Charters Austin Phyllis Day Kathy Hitt Longhorn Charter Bus Company Sutton Giese Joe Bryson and Anne Ames Castle Crafters, LLC Shirley Marquardt Terri Myers The Stiles Agency Robert Rekart Meredith Reekers Frontier Bank of Texas Marcia D’Aprile Kevin Smith Dochen REALTORS Jeffrey Stark Karen Kocher Modern Design + Build | Modern Pools Thomas and Lyn Phillips Stacy Kaleh Elizabeth Baird Architecture & Design Karen Carson Monica Mueller Hutson Gallagher, Inc. Rick Cofer Jason Haskins Patricia Albright, REALTOR® at Compass James Ward Jeff Cohen Jeannine McGuill Melanie Martinez Cara Bertron Uptown Modern Susan Brotman BKCW Benefits, Insurance, Relationships Cynthia OKeeffe Sustaining $25/Monthly Acacia Heritage Consulting Marsha Fatino Rebekah Dobrasko Eastside Lumber & Decking Phoebe Allen James A. Downing, II and Ann Downing Austin Woman’s Club Joni Sula David King Smith CRM, LLC h Mary-Effie Burnham Marcia Desy Amy Harding Jo Carol Snowden John Tongate Carol Blosser Austin Lukes Leslie Pool Kalan Contreras Charles M. Peveto Fredrick Weigl Ted and Katharine Barnhill

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PA Calendar of Events • 2020-2021

NOV Hill Country Deco Downtown Doorsteps: 2020 Virtual Homes Tour 12 Authors David Bush and Jim Parsons will trace the Miss the premiere of our first-ever virtual Homes Tour? Not to history and evolution of modernistic architecture in worry! Tickets are still available at www.preservationaustin. Central Texas during this special online program. Free, org/homes-tour. The film celebrates downtown’s historic living see Page 2 for details. spaces in all their forms. See Page 24 for details.

DEC Winter and Spring Grant Deadlines Virtual Shorts 15 PA offers quarterly matching grants of up to $5,000 Check out our Virtual Shorts, courtesy of our Community + MAR for a wide range of preservation projects. Nonprofits, Engagement Committee, on Facebook and YouTube. Videos feature 15 neighborhoods, public entities, and building owners past Preservation Merit Award winners Will Bridges of Antone’s may apply. See page 14 for details. and architect Erica Keast Heroy, along with a sneak peek at the McFarland House, PA’s property at 3805 Red River.

h Visit www.preservationaustin.org for details and tickets today!