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Austin Fire Drill Tower
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National Register of Historic Places

Austin Fire Drill Tower

Also known as Buford Tower and Kitchens Memorial Chimes

On the National Register since 201610 years
Listed 2016Austin
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About Austin Fire Drill Tower

Austin Fire Drill Tower, at 201 W. Cesar Chavez St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct 11, 2016. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the local level. Three more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHistoric structure in Austin, Texas. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 25 minutes

201 W. Cesar Chavez St., Austin · about 0.8 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Austin Fire Drill TowerStart here
  2. 2Town Lake GazeboStructure · 0.2 mi on
  3. 3J. P. Schneider StoreVictorian · 0.3 mi on
  4. 4Third Street Railroad TrestleBuilt 1922 · 0.2 mi on
  5. 5Seaholm Power PlantBuilding · 0.2 mi on
Around it

20 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BSouthwestern Telegraph and Telephone BuildingRomanesque Revival0.2 miBWilliam Sidney Porter HouseEastlake0.4 miBAustin Central Fire Station #1Moderne · Built 19380.4 miDSixth Street Historic DistrictVictorian0.4 miBDriskill HotelRomanesque Revival · Built 18860.4 miDCongress Avenue Historic DistrictVictorian0.4 miBU.S. Post Office and Federal BuildingRenaissance Revival0.4 miBTeachers State Association of Texas BuildingModern Movement0.4 miBBrown Building2-Part Vertical Block0.4 miDRainey Street Historic DistrictVictorian0.5 miBHofheintz-Reissig StoreBuilding0.5 miBSt. David's Episcopal ChurchGothic Revival0.5 miBParamount TheatreNeo-Classical Revival0.5 miBAustin US CourthouseModerne · Built 19360.5 miDBremond Block Historic DistrictVictorian0.5 miBAustin Central LibraryBuilding0.5 miBRoyal Arch Masonic LodgeBeaux Arts0.5 miBGilfillan HouseBuilding0.5 mi
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BHenry Hirshfeld House and CottageVictorian0.5 miBAustin Public LibraryItalian Renaissance0.5 mi

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Questions about Austin Fire Drill Tower

Is Austin Fire Drill Tower on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Oct 11, 2016 (Register number 16000720).

Is Austin Fire Drill Tower a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Texas has 42 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Governor's Mansion, 0.7 miles away.

Can you visit Austin Fire Drill Tower?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.