Hyde Park
N 30° 18.389 W 097° 43.759
14R E 622180 N 3353430
The state historic marker for the Hyde Park neighborhood of Austin stands in the center of this revitalized area near the University of Texas
Waymark Code: WMVQ2X
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2017
Views: 2
This state historic marker for the Hyde Park neighborhood is located in front of the Austin Fire Department station at 43rd and Speedway Streets.
Marker Number: 14424
Marker Text:
Advertised in 1892 as "The most fashionable part of the wealthiest and most aristocratic ward in the city", Hyde Park was Austin's first planned suburb. Encompassing an area bordered by the present streets of Guadalupe, 38th, Duval, and 45th, it was promoted by Monroe M. Shipe (1847-1924), President of the Austin Rapid Transit Railway Co. and the M.K.&T. Land and Town Co.
Shipe arranged for an electric streetcar line to run from Congress avenue to Hyde Park. He built a lake and pavilion for recreation and had the city's first moonlight tower erected at the corner of Speedway and 41st Street. He also built the first Hyde Park school and by 1893 forty homes had been built in the neighborhood.
Among the area's illustrious early residents, whose homes still remain, were sculptress Elisabet Ney; Swiss woodcarver Peter Mansbendel; and horticulturist F.T. Ramsey. By the early 1900s the large Victorian homes in the neighborhood were being joined by smaller bungalows. The lake was drained and the pavilion was razed. Hyde Park was within the city limits of Austin by the 1930s and the streetcar ceased operation in the 1940s. Renewed interest in the 1970s resulted in revitalization of the neighborhood. (1989)
Incise below:
Given by the DeGolyer/Maxon Family & Preservation Texas
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