Shadow Lawn Historic District (Austin, Texas)

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Shadow Lawn Historic District
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Col. Monroe M. Shipe House
Shadow Lawn Historic District (Austin, Texas)
Location Austin, Texas
Coordinates 30°17′59″N97°43′49″W / 30.29972°N 97.73028°W / 30.29972; -97.73028
Built1917
ArchitectCharles H. Page, Fred A. Dale
Architectural styleModerne
NRHP reference No. 90001192 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 16, 1990

The Shadow Lawn Historic District is a historic district in central Austin, Texas that has a cohesive collection of houses built in the southeast portion of Hyde Park during the late 1920s and 1930s.

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Roughly bounded by 38th Street, 39th Street, Avenue G, and Duval Street, the district includes several homes of historic interest from the turn of the twentieth century, including the Col. Monroe M. Shipe House, Hildreth-Flanagan-Heierman House, Frank M. and Annie G. Covert House, Page-Gilbert House, Smith-Marcuse-Lowry House, and the Oliphant-Walker House. This subdivision was platted by Hyde Park founder Monroe M. Shipe and indicated by concrete markers, some of which still stand today. Shipe's own home is located at the corner of 39th Street and Avenue G. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [2]

Shadow Lawn's historical significance stems from the architecture of its houses. The district features a number of dwellings with modest Tudor Revival detailing characteristic of historicist "cottage" bungalows built in the 1930s. The dominance of this architectural form is an important feature that distinguishes the district from nearby housing clusters, as no other area in the northern suburbs of Austin contains as high a concentration of Tudor Revival dwellings. Unlike the bungalows in the nearby Hyde Park Historic District, these houses utilized more expensive masonry veneer rather than cheaper wood siding. [3]

Education

Residents are served by the Austin Independent School District. Residents are assigned to Lee Elementary School, Kealing Middle School, and McCallum High School. [4]

See also

Hyde Park Historic District (Austin, Texas)

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Travis County, Texas". National Register of Historical Places. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  3. "Shadow Lawn Historical District". Texas Historical Site Atlas. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  4. "School Assignment by Residential Address." Austin Independent School District. Retrieved on September 26, 2009.