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Green Pastures
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National Register of Historic Places

Green Pastures

On the National Register since 198046 years
VictorianListed 1980Austin
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

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About Green Pastures

Green Pastures, at 811 W. Live Oak St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Sep 27, 1980. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the local level. It describes its style as Victorian, as it does for 200 other Texas listings. The listing covers 4 acres.

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

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 54 MB · National Archives↗
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Make it a walk: 2 landmarks in about 10 minutes

811 W. Live Oak St., Austin · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Green PasturesStart here
  2. 2Roy-Hardin HouseBuilding · 0.3 mi on
Around it

33 more Register listings within 2 miles

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

BWillie Wells HouseBuilding0.6 miBLouis and Mathilde Reuter HouseSpanish Colonial Revival1.1 miBSimms HouseMinimal Traditional1.1 miDTravis Heights-Fairview Park Historic DistrictDistrict1.1 miBSt. Edward's University Main Building and Holy Cross DormitoryGothic1.2 miBMichael Paggi HouseGreek Revival1.2 miBMather-Kirkland HouseVictorian1.2 miStTown Lake GazeboStructure1.5 miStLamar Boulevard BridgeArt Deco1.5 miBAustin Fire Drill TowerBuilding1.6 miBSeaholm Power PlantBuilding1.6 miDZilker Park Historic DistrictNational Park Service Rustic1.6 miDRainey Street Historic DistrictVictorian1.7 miBJ. P. Schneider StoreVictorian1.7 miStThird Street Railroad TrestleBuilt 19221.7 miStWest Fifth Street Bridge at Shoal CreekStructure1.8 miDWillow-Spence Streets Historic DistrictVictorian1.9 miBSouthwestern Telegraph and Telephone BuildingRomanesque Revival1.9 mi
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StWest Sixth Street Bridge at Shoal CreekStructure1.9 miBRaymond-Morley HouseItalianate1.9 miBFloyd McGown HouseVictorian2 miBJoseph O. Polhemus HouseBuilding2 miBHofheintz-Reissig StoreBuilding2 miBWilliam Sidney Porter HouseEastlake2 miBAustin Central Fire Station #1Moderne · Built 19382 miBDriskill HotelRomanesque Revival · Built 18862 miDCongress Avenue Historic DistrictVictorian2 miBU.S. Post Office and Federal BuildingRenaissance Revival2 miBTeachers State Association of Texas BuildingModern Movement2 miBBrown Building2-Part Vertical Block2 miDBremond Block Historic DistrictVictorian2 miBGilfillan HouseBuilding2 miBA. J. Jernigan HouseGreek Revival2 mi
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Victorian style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Victorian.

Mather-Kirkland House1.2 mi away
Rainey Street Historic District1.7 mi away
J. P. Schneider Store1.7 mi away
Willow-Spence Streets Historic District1.9 mi away

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Questions about Green Pastures

Is Green Pastures on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Sep 27, 1980 (Register number 80004154).

Is Green Pastures a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Texas has 42 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Governor's Mansion, 2.3 miles away.

Can you visit Green Pastures?

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.

Where can I read the history of Green Pastures?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 54 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 40973695 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.