Preservation Austinis thrilled to announce that Austin City Council designated the Hill-Thompson House as a City of Austin Landmark at their May 28 meeting. The residence, located at 1906 Maple Avenue, was designed by pioneering Black architect John S. Chase, FAIA, for civic leader Irene Hill-Thompson, widow of Oscar Thompson, the first Black student to graduate from The University of Texas at Austin.

Preservation Austin is thrilled to announce that Austin City Council voted to designate the Calhoun House as a City of Austin Landmark. The residence was once the home of pioneering Black educators and civic leaders, Thelma and T.C. Calhoun.

in East Austin sits a field that was home to one of the most decorated teams in the city: the L.C. Anderson High School Yellow Jackets.

In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that public school segregation was unconstitutional, leading to the eventual closure of L.C. Anderson High School.

L.C. Anderson High School was Austin’s only high school for African American students during the era of segregation.

Since its inception, Rosewood Park has served an indispensable role in the lives of East Austin’s Black community and continues to provide the neighborhood with a grand public space for recreation.

On September 3rd, 2020, Austin City Council voted to designate the Rogers-Washington-Holy Cross District. It is the first historic district in Austin to recognize the history of a primarily African American neighborhood.