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Sweetwater received a U.S. post office in 1879. The Texas and Pacific Railway arrived on March 12, 1881, beginning Sweetwater's long history as a railroad town. To encourage the railroads, Sweetwater increased its water supply by building City Lake in 1898 (now called Newman Park), and three further lakes thereafter.
The land at Waters Park was originally owned by Silas and Parthenia Summers who purchased the land in 1872. [1] Right-of-way was sold to Austin and Northwestern Railroad in October 1881. The railroad built a park with a swimming pool, gazebo, baseball field, picnic grounds, and concessions stands in the summer of 1882. [ 1 ]
When Mary Mayfield Gutsch died in 1971, the home and grounds were left to the City of Austin for use as a park. [3] The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 1994. Mayfield Park is open to the public and is known for its free roaming peacocks on the property. The cottage and gardens can be reserved for ...
For the first edition of 'From the Archives,' consider a humble building that served as the Austin Central Library, now part of the Carver Museum,
First things first about Austin street names. My Sept. 3 "Austin Answered" column presented a primer of sorts on major east-west and north-south streets that run through the historic core of ...
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History [ edit ] In 2021, the City of Austin purchased an additional 10 acres of land near Spicewood Springs Road with the intention of building a trail system connecting St. Edwards Park to Bull Creek District Park , creating a continuous trail system similar to the Barton Creek Greenbelt elsewhere in Austin.
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