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The Contemporary Austin - Laguna Gloria, formerly known as the AMOA-Arthouse at Laguna Gloria, is the former home of Clara Driscoll and site of a 1916 Italianate-style villa on the shores of Lake Austin in Austin, Texas. It was the original home of the Austin Museum of Art and still houses some of its collections.
In 1995, the TFAA's board of directors purchased the property at 700 Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas. Three years later, in November 1998, the TFAA opened its new headquarters, the Jones Center for Contemporary Art. [6] In November 2002, the name of the organization was officially changed from the Texas Fine Arts Association to Arthouse. [8]
Once owned by Stephen F. Austin, [3] the Laguna Gloria site has been declared a national treasure and is on city, state, and national registers of historic places. [4] Visitors can view the restored 1916 Italianate-style Driscoll Villa that was the home of Texas legend and Laguna Gloria founder Clara Driscoll. [5]
That was explained in a Jan. 21, 1966 column: "Laguna Gardens, on Town Lake at Chicon, changes it name to Fiesta Gardens to escape confusion with Laguna Gloria." Apparently, this town was only big ...
Austin’s most iconic Tex-Mex restaurant moved into the Mueller neighborhood, across the street from Mary Elizabeth Branch Park, home to the Texas Farmers Market. It's the seventh Austin-area ...
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Laguna Gloria is one of several historic houses in Tarrytown. 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 ...
Austin formerly operated its City Hall at 124 West 8th Street. [3] In the 1980s, the City of Austin proposed a 60-acre urban renewal project for Austin's Warehouse District, [4] which would have included a new city hall complex designed by urban planner Denise Scott Brown, along with a new location for the Laguna Gloria art museum, designed by architect Robert Venturi. [5]