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Join the party! Legacy Business Month Begins October 1

From iconic music venues to Tex-Mex staples, legacy businesses are essential to Austin's culture. Every October, our Legacy Business Month passport features 10 beloved local businesses, encouraging Austinites to visit participating businesses, show their support with a purchase, get their passport stamped, and win awesome prizes.

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66th Annual Preservation Merit Awards

Preservation Austin is thrilled to recognize the thoughtful, pioneering, and community-oriented winners of our 66th Annual Preservation Merit Awards. Our twelve winners for 2026 represent the wide-ranging efforts to uplift preservation practice and enhance historic spaces across Austin.

Join us on NOVEMBER 10 at CENTRAL MACHINE WORKS to toast to this year’s winners at our 66th Annual Preservation Merit Awards Celebration!

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"Rather than look to the past and lament what has been lost, we're looking to the present, at the incredible places we still have, and are working to protect them for the future."

— Lindsey Derrington, Executive Director

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Preservation Austin Celebrates 2026 Preservation Merit Awards
Preservation Austin Celebrates 2026 Preservation Merit Awards

Preservation Austin is thrilled to recognize the thoughtful, pioneering, and community-oriented winners of our 66th Annual Preservation Merit Awards. Our twelve winners for 2026 represent the wide-ranging efforts to uplift preservation practice and enhance historic spaces across Austin.

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Bethany Cemetery Designated a City of Austin Landmark, Honoring Austin’s Oldest Black Cemetery
Bethany Cemetery Designated a City of Austin Landmark, Honoring Austin’s Oldest Black Cemetery

The cemetery, located at 1300-1308 Springdale Road, is the oldest known Black cemetery in Austin and one of the city’s most significant sites of Black heritage. Preservation Austin is honored to partner with Bethany Cemetery Association President Sue Spears-Martin to prepare and bring forward this nomination. 

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Preservation Austin and Partners Secure Council Vote to Save 140+ Year-Old East Austin Building
Preservation Austin and Partners Secure Council Vote to Save 140+ Year-Old East Austin Building

Austin City Council unanimously voted to designate the Goins-Versea-Nitschke House (907 E 13 St) as a City of Austin Landmark and protect the building from demolition by owner Eureka Holdings. The 140+ year-old building is one of the oldest houses in the Swede Hill area, and is a landmark of East Austin’s working-class German and African American history.

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🎶 Join us on March 24 for our next Preservation Austin Talk, "Austin Revolutions per Minute: Music History Sites in the Live Music Capital" with Jason Mellard, Director of the Center for Texas Music History and Associate Professor of Pract
Our work is made possible through the support of hundreds of volunteers who support us year-round ❤️ If you’re passionate about Austin’s history and want to connect with the preservation community while making a meaningful impact, we&rsqu
You’re invited to Preservation Austin’s annual volunteer appreciation happy hour on February 9! 💘 If you've volunteered for PA in the past or are interested in volunteering with us in the future, we would be delighted to see you at this
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