West Line Historic District (Austin, Texas)
West Line Historic District | |
Location | Austin, Texas |
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Coordinates | 30°15′49″N 97°46′36″W / 30.26361°N 97.77667°W |
Area | 6500 acres |
Built | 1871 |
Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
NRHP reference No. | 05001166 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 12, 2005 |
The West Line Historic District is a residential community in central
Texas State Highway Loop 1 to the west. It is located south of the Old West Austin Historic District and southeast of the Clarksville Historic District.[2]
The district comprises more than twenty-five subdivisions platted between 1871 and 1948, out of the George W. Spear League and Division Z of the government lands west of the original city center. Early settlement in the area consisted of expansive estates, later subdivided in response to the city's burgeoning population. After the 1887 construction of the
bungalows built during the height of the area's development from the 1910s-1930s. In keeping with the original developers’ intentions, the historic district maintains strong residential characteristics.[3]
The area was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. It includes the neighborhoods of Raymond Heights, Raymond Plateau and Shelley Heights.[4]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Register Historic Districts". City of Austin. Archived from the original on August 1, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), - ^ National Register of Historic Places: West Line Historic District, U.S. Department of the Interior, October 1990, retrieved November 20, 2011[dead link]
- ^ "West Line Historic District". Texas Historical Commission. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
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