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

Learn more about the history of Austin’s Rosedale neighborhood.

South Congress Avenue has changed and undergone many iterations and name changes over its 135+ year history. Learn more about the history of South Congress and the rehabilitation of C-Boy’s Heart & Soul.

Butler bricks were Austin’s building blocks. Most of the brick structures constructed in Austin from 1873 until 1912 used Butler’s “Austin common” buff bricks, manufactured from the alluvial clay deposited by the Colorado River.

Stacey Ingram Kaleh and Melissa Ingram discuss their shared passion for live music, growing up immersed in Austin’s live music scene, and the ways in which music venues shape the city’s identity.

Following the Preservation Merit Award-winning restoration of the Oakwood Chapel in September 2018, PARD started restoration of the gates and the replacement of deteriorated fencing at both cemeteries to elevate their importance and history for visitors.

Long before our travel woes on I-35 and Mopac, long before Austin’s development into a tech and live music mecca, the capital of Texas was just another stop along the Meridian Highway.

In 1854, Edward Zimmermann purchased 164 acres of land several miles north of Austin and on it built an 18’ by 24’ home for himself and his young family. His nascent community grew into Fiskville, home to approximately 150 citizens by the early 1870s.