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Downtown Congress Avenue in Downtown Austin University of Texas at Austin Hyde Park. Central Austin includes the city's Downtown and central neighborhoods. The area is north of the Colorado River and is enclosed by Interstate 35 to the east, approximately 51st Street/North Loop/Hancock Drive to the north, and Mopac Expressway (SL 1) to the west.
Northwest Hills is located on the northwestern side of Austin. [2] The neighborhood is sometimes referred to as Far West after its main street, Far West Boulevard, [3] [4] which stretches from Mopac on the east and goes deep into the residential homes on the west prior to reaching the Ladera Norte street, close to Capital of Texas Highway. [5]
The Swedish Hill Historic District is a former Swedish enclave that is now a residential area of downtown Austin, Texas. It is often referred to as "Swede Hill." Development of this area began in the 1870s when numerous Swedish immigrants erected homes near their downtown businesses. The first to build his home there was S. A. Lundell; soon ...
Northern terminus of Loop 1 completed, until July 1989 - with construction of the freeway extension to FM 734. RM 2244 Loop 360: 1.9 3.1 January 1979 March 1982 Southern terminus of Loop 1 completed, until October 1989 - with construction of the freeway extension to US 290. Loop 360 US 290 1.6 2.6 October 1983 October 1989
Saint John (alternately Saint John's) is a neighborhood of Austin, Texas within the 78752 zip code. Geographically, the neighborhood straddles Interstate 35.It is bounded on the west by Middle Fiskville Road and Twincrest, on the south by U.S. 290, on the north by Anderson Lane, and on the east by Cameron Road.
Tarrytown is a neighborhood located west of Downtown Austin, Texas. The neighborhood is bordered by Lake Austin Boulevard on the south, Lake Austin on the west, West 35th Street on the north and Mopac Expressway on the east. Major roads in the area include Exposition Boulevard, Enfield Road and Windsor Road.
Just a mile west of Austin, Clarksville soon became a de facto part of the city, especially when the International-Great Northern Railroad laid tracks nearby in the 1870s. The Sweet Home Baptist Church, a cornerstone of the community to this day, was founded prior to 1882, and a school existed as early as the 1890s.
The Bremond Block Historic District is a collection of eleven historic homes in downtown Austin, Texas, United States, constructed from the 1850s to 1910.. The block was added to National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and is considered one of the few remaining upper-class Victorian neighborhoods of the middle to late nineteenth century in Texas. [2]