Our 2025 year-end campaign will sustain Preservation Austin’s advocacy in the coming year. Help us reach our $10,000 goal with a gift of $50 or more today. 

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 65th Annual Preservation Merit Awards Celebration at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q! Click for highlights from a festive evening honoring visionary approaches to preserving our city’s unique architectural, cultural, and environmental heritage.

Preservation Austin and Architexas announce the JuanRaymon Rubio Preservation Fellowship, established in honor of JuanRaymon Rubio (1992-2024), our beloved friend, colleague, and board member, who passed away unexpectedly on December 15, 2024. This fellowship was created to nurture the next generation of preservationists and carry forward his legacy of fierce commitment to historic places.

The Herrera sisters, Consuelo and Mary Grace, left an indelible mark on Austin’s educational landscape. As pioneering Mexican American educators, they contributed to bilingual education in the city and advocated tirelessly for their students. Their work not only transformed the learning experience for countless children; it also demonstrated the profound impact that dedicated educators can have on their communities.

Preservation Austin is thrilled to receive an Honor Award from Preservation Texas recognizing the rehabilitation of the McFarland-McBee House, our non-profit’s headquarters. Preservation Texas’s Honor Awards is a biennial program that recognizes exceptional individuals and projects that advance historic preservation across the state.

Preservation Austin’s mission is to empower Austinites to shape a more inclusive, resilient, and meaningful community culture through preservation. As stewards of this mission, and as the only citywide nonprofit for historic preservation, we seek to educate Austinites about Proposition Q’s impact on the City of Austin’s preservation program ahead of the November 4 election. 

Preservation Austin is thrilled to announce that Austin City Council voted to designate the Whitehall Cooperative Building as a City of Austin Landmark at their October 9 meeting. The cooperative residence, located on Nueces Street in West Campus, is a rare landmark of women’s history and one of Texas’s oldest housing co-ops.

Preservation Austin is delighted to recognize the ambitious, innovative, and community-minded winners of our 65th Annual Preservation Merit Awards. Our ten winners for 2025 represent the wide-ranging efforts to build community and enhance historic spaces across Austin.