Congress Avenue Historic District
Congress Avenue Historic District | |
Location | Congress Ave. from 1st to 11th Sts., Austin, Texas |
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Coordinates | 30°16′4″N 97°44′33″W / 30.26778°N 97.74250°W |
Area | 38.3 acres (15.5 ha) |
Built | 1839 |
Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, Skyscraper |
NRHP reference No. | 78002989[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 11, 1978 |
Congress Avenue is a major thoroughfare in Austin, Texas. The street is a six-lane, tree lined avenue that cuts through the middle of the city from far south Austin and goes over Lady Bird Lake leading to the Texas State Capitol in the heart of Downtown.
Congress Avenue south of Lady Bird Lake is known as
History
The original 1839
Before
Route description
Congress Avenue begins at an intersection with Slaughter Lane near
Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge
The Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge over
Recognition
In recognition of its architectural and historical significance, Congress Avenue from Cesar Chavez Street (formerly First Street) to the Capitol was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The Capitol forms a terminating vista at the north end of Congress; this view became one of the Capitol View Corridors protected under state and local law from obstruction by tall buildings in 1983.[5]
Cesar Chavez Street is the former First Street.[6]
In popular culture
Congress Avenue is the setting for Quentin Tarantino's 2007 film, Death Proof.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "SoCo (South Congress) Neighborhood in Austin". Small Planet Guide. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2006.
- ^ Overview map of Congress Avenue (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 12, 2008.
- ^ "Congress Avenue Bridge". Bat Conservation International. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved February 7, 2009.
- ^ "Downtown Development and Capitol View Corridors" (PDF). Downtown Austin Commission. June 27, 2007. Retrieved November 10, 2017 – via ICMA.
- ^ Hamdan, Nadia (August 24, 2017). "Where Did First Street Go, And Why Isn't South First Parallel To Other Numbered Streets?". KUT. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.