Austin Historic Preservation – Page 2

Historic Preservation in Austin—Some Initial Thoughts

Posted on January 31, 2017January 31, 2017 by Fred McGhee

Most local observers understand that the way Austin does historic preservation—actually how it does not do historic preservation—is in need of a significant upgrade. The city has simply grown too large for the small town approach pioneered by the late Betty Baker in the mid 1970’s. At it’s Thursday, January 26, 2017 meeting Austin’s city […]

The Montopolis Negro School

Posted on November 16, 2016August 22, 2024 by Fred McGhee

On Monday November 21st at 7:00 p.m. the City of Austin’s Historic Landmark Commission will meet to consider historically zoning the last remaining rural Negro school in Travis County, the Montopolis Negro School. A photograph of the school is in my 2014 book Austin’s Montopolis Neighborhood. The school was founded in about 1891 at a […]