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Equity-Based Preservation Plan
Downtown Austin Survey
Explore past projects:
Translating Community History
North Loop, Hancock, and Upper Boggy Creek Historic Resources Survey
Equity-Based Preservation Plan
A new historic preservation plan will replace Austin’s 1981 preservation plan with an inclusive, equity-focused, and community-oriented process and outcome. The planning process will happen in two phases, with Phase 1 starting in July 2021. Visit the project website to learn more and get involved.
Downtown Austin Survey
This survey will evaluate 45+ year-old buildings in downtown Austin as potential historic landmarks and historic districts. Funded by the City’s Historic Preservation Fund, the survey also will identify properties that may promote heritage tourism in Austin.
HHM & Associates is conducting fieldwork, archival research, and community outreach, with the project expected to be completed in 2025.
Take the community questionnaire through June 16th!
Presentation to the Downtown Commission - March 20, 2024
Community Meeting - May 13, 2024
Translating Community History
The Translating Community History project engaged community members in the College Heights and South East Austin focus areas about the buildings and stories that make an area special. The project included three parts:
- Neighborhood meetings with story-sharing and discussions
- A multi-part heritage project that knits together the past and present through archival research, present-day resident portraits, and personal stories:
- Watch the videos above
- Download the catalog PDFs here: College Heights/African American Heritage (PDF), South East Austin/Mexican American Heritage (PDF), and Patrimonio Mexicano-Americano y del Sureste de Austin (PDF)
- See a map with locations and photos of posters featuring community portraits
- Applications to list Huston-Tillotson University (PDF) and Parque Zaragoza (PDF) in the National Register of Historic Places
Translating Community History is supported in part by an Underrepresented Community Grant from the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
North Loop, Hancock, and Upper Boggy Creek Historic Resources Survey
This historic resources survey will evaluate 45+ year-old buildings in the North Loop, Hancock, and Upper Boggy Creek neighborhood planning areas as potential historic landmarks and historic districts. The survey will include the Delwood Duplex and Wilshire National Register districts.
Cox|McLain Environmental Consulting and Preservation Central is conducting fieldwork, archival research, and community outreach, with survey work expected to be completed in 2020.