Home repair can help residents stay in their homes and avoid being displaced.

Preservation Austin has been working with a group of advocates to build awareness of the property to ensure its preservation.

Preservation Austin is delighted to recognize the ambitious, innovative, and community-minded winners of our 62nd Annual Preservation Merit Awards.

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.

Contact your Council Member and let them know you support full funding for the Equity-Based Historic Preservation Plan.

A quaint yellow building is nestled on West 14th Street, located less than half a mile west of the Texas State Capitol in downtown Austin. Passersby would have no way of knowing that over 50 years ago this unassuming spot was where a young UT Law graduate prepared for a case that would change the course of U.S. history.

Ada C. Read Penn, a resident of Austin in the early 20th century, is an important figure in the history of north central Austin. She was responsible for much of the development in what is known today as Austin’s Heritage Neighborhood, a rectangular area just south of the Austin State Hospital.

“We have to do what’s in the best interest of these properties.” So said members of Austin’s Historic Landmark Commission (HLC) on June 1, when they made the difficult decision to accept a compromise involving the displacement of several bars beloved to the LGBTQIA community.