Preservation Austin Awards $15,000 in Summer 2022 Grant Cycle
Preservation Austin is proud to announce the recipients of our Summer 2022 grant cycle. This June, $15,000 in grant funding was awarded to four projects throughout Austin to preserve and interpret our city’s heritage. Please join us in celebrating the incredible work being performed at the Donley-Goode-Walton House, the Henry G. Madison Cabin, the Neill-Cochran House Museum, and Save Austin’s Cemeteries.
Preservation Austin’s Grants Program supports projects across three categories: education, bricks and mortar, and planning/survey/historic designation. By providing small, but impactful funding to important projects citywide, Preservation Austin can affect real change in the preservation and interpretation of the historic places that mean the most to our community.
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Summer 2022 Grantees
DONLEY-GOODE-WALTON HOUSE
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The Donley-Goode-Walton House was constructed in East Austin in 1939 and has been preserved for the past 78 years by direct descendants of its remarkable multi-cultural residents. Notable occupants have included Manuel “Cowboy” Donley, the “Godfather of Tejano Music;” Helen (Goode) Walton, a pioneering Black cosmetologist and entrepreneur; and Willie “Boots” Walton, Sr., a blues and ragtime musician credited with bringing the famed “Pine Top Boogie Woogie” to Austin. Fronting on historic Oakwood Cemetery, the residence once also functioned as Walton’s Beauty Salon, a full-service Black beauty shop. Grant funding awarded by Preservation Austin will help cover the fees associated with historic landmark designation for this property.
NEILL-COCHRAN HOUSE MUSEUM
Photo: Neill-Cochran House Museum
As the stewards of the only intact and publicly accessible slave dwelling in the city of Austin, the Neill-Cochran House Museum seeks to share the stories of the people who built our city. Reckoning with the Past: The Untold Story of Race in Austin seeks to reframe the narrative of Austin history through the lens of the people who lived and labored at this historic site from 1855 to 1965. The bricks and mortar grant will contribute to the restoration of the Slaves Quarters to its antebellum appearance as well as provide new interpretation and programming for this portal into Austin’s past.
HENRY G. MADISON CABIN
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A rare vestige of Austin’s early African American history, the Henry G. Madison cabin was constructed in approximately 1863 by Henry Green Madison, Austin’s first African American City Council member. Relocated from its original location on East 11th Street to Rosewood Park in 1973, the cabin was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1974 and a City of Austin Landmark in 1976. While recognized as significant, the small vernacular building is currently unprogrammed and uninhabitable. Grant funding will support the preparation of drawings and specifications of historically-appropriate architectural and structural improvements with consideration given to accessibility and interpretation.
VOICES OF EVERGREEN
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Established in 1926 as an East Austin municipal cemetery, the primarily African American Evergreen Cemetery has more than 12,000 interments across its 30 acres. The cemetery—itself a historical artifact—serves as the inspiration and setting for Save Austin’s Cemeteries digital tour “Voices of Evergreen” which reflects the stories of notable community members buried at the site. Education grant funding will be applied towards the production of the second installment in this video series showcasing the diverse stories of historically significant Austinites buried at Evergreen.
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