Moore's Crossing Historic District
Moore's Crossing Historic District | ||
MPS Southeast Travis County MPS | | |
NRHP reference No. | 96001091[1] | |
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Added to NRHP | October 16, 1996 |
Moore's Crossing Historic District is a community located in rural Travis County nine miles southeast of Austin, Texas near the Austin–Bergstrom International Airport.
The location was used as a low-water crossing of Onion Creek as early as the 1840s but did not receive its current name until the early 1900s, when John B. Moore built a store in the area. Moore's Crossing was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 16, 1996[2]
Description and significance
The southeastern quadrant of what is now Travis County was the first part of the county Europeans settled after the
In 1915, three of six spans from the 1884 iron
On January 8, 1980, the bridge was "finally put to rest" after nearly 97 years.
The bridge at Moore's Crossing was registered as a Historic Landmark in 1980 by the Texas Historical Commission. The community itself was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 16, 1996.[2]
In television
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "TEXAS - Travis County Historic Districts". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ "Moore's Crossing Historic District". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Association. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ Smyrl, Vivian Elizabeth. Moore's Crossing, Texas. Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ Keith Peterson (January 3, 2010). "Moore's Crossing Bridge". The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ "Richard Moya Park". Travis County Parks. Travis County. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ^ "The Leftovers Season 2: Episode #10 Clip "Meg's Secret Weapon" (HBO)". YouTube. HBO. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2021.