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Moonlight Towers
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National Register of Historic Places

Moonlight Towers

Also known as Austin Tower Lighting System

On the National Register since 197650 years
Listed 1976Austin
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About Moonlight Towers

Moonlight Towers, at Austin and vicinity, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jul 12, 1976. The Register lists it for its town planning, commerce, engineering and social history, at the local level. The listing covers 1 acre. 21 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHistoric public lights in Austin, Texas, USA. 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 · 141 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1894 to today

  1. 1894Built
  2. 1976Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 50 years
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 5 minutes

Austin and vicinity, Austin · about 0.1 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Moonlight TowersStart here
  2. 2Royal Arch Masonic LodgeBeaux Arts · next door
  3. 3Austin Public LibraryItalian Renaissance · next door
  4. 4Austin Central LibraryBuilding · next door
  5. 5Bremond Block Historic DistrictVictorian · next door
Around it

47 more Register listings within half a mile

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

BHenry Hirshfeld House and CottageVictorian<0.1 miBBrown Building2-Part Vertical Block0.1 miBAustin US CourthouseModerne · Built 19360.1 miStWooldridge ParkClassical Revival0.1 miBNorwood BuildingSkyscraper0.1 miBU.S. Post Office and Federal BuildingRenaissance Revival0.2 miBTeachers State Association of Texas BuildingModern Movement0.2 miBGilfillan HouseBuilding0.2 miBOld BakeryBuilt 18760.2 miBBoardman-Webb-Bugg HouseVictorian0.2 mi★Governor's MansionGreek Revival · Built 18540.2 miBGeorge W. Sampson HouseHigh Victorian Italianate0.2 miBBrizendine HouseBuilding0.2 miBAustin Daily Tribune BuildingModerne0.2 miBGoodman BuildingVictorian0.2 miBCentral Christian ChurchRomanesque Revival · Built 19290.2 miBTucker Apartment HouseBuilding0.2 miBDriskill HotelRomanesque Revival · Built 18860.3 mi
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DCongress Avenue Historic DistrictVictorian0.3 miBParamount TheatreNeo-Classical Revival0.3 miBMillett Opera HouseClassical0.3 miBSt. Mary's CathedralGothic · Built 18720.3 miB1918 State Office Building and 1933 State Highway BuildingClassical Revival0.3 miBOld Land Office BuildingRundbogenstil · Built 18570.3 miBFischer HouseItalianate0.3 miBFannie Moss Miller HouseQueen Anne0.3 miDWest Downtown Austin Historic DistrictDistrict0.3 miBJohn Hancock HouseGreek Revival0.3 miBWestgate TowerSkyscraper0.3 miBJ. P. Schneider StoreVictorian0.4 miBSouthwestern Telegraph and Telephone BuildingRomanesque Revival0.4 miStThird Street Railroad TrestleBuilt 19220.4 miDSixth Street Historic DistrictVictorian0.4 miBSt. David's Episcopal ChurchGothic Revival0.4 miBFederal Office BuildingNew Formalism0.4 miStWest Sixth Street Bridge at Shoal CreekStructure0.4 mi★Texas State CapitolRenaissance · Built 18850.4 miBWahrenberger HouseClassical Revival0.4 miBDelta Kappa Gamma Society International Headquarters BuildingInternational Style · Built 19560.4 miBSmith-Clark and Smith-Bickler HousesVictorian0.4 miBWilliam Sidney Porter HouseEastlake0.5 miBAustin Central Fire Station #1Moderne · Built 19380.5 miStWest Fifth Street Bridge at Shoal CreekStructure0.5 miBGethsemane Lutheran ChurchGothic Revival0.5 miBCarrington-Covert HouseBuilding0.5 miBLittlefield HouseBuilding0.5 miBSt. Martin’s Evangelical Lutheran ChurchBuilding0.5 mi

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Questions about Moonlight Towers

Is Moonlight Towers on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Jul 12, 1976 (Register number 76002071).

Is Moonlight Towers a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Texas has 42 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Governor's Mansion, 0.2 miles away.

Can you visit Moonlight Towers?

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 Moonlight Towers?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 141 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 40973789 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.