Hyde Park (Austin, Texas)

Hyde Park Historic District
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LocationRoughly bounded by Ave. A, 45th St., Duval St., and 40th St., Austin, Texas
Coordinates30°18′21″N 97°43′48″W / 30.30583°N 97.73000°W / 30.30583; -97.73000
Area138.5 acres (56.0 ha)
Architectural styleTudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne
MPSHyde Park MPS
NRHP reference No.90001191[1]
Added to NRHPJune 29, 1990

Hyde Park is a neighborhood and historic district in Austin, Texas. Located in Central Austin, Hyde Park is defined by 38th Street to the south, 45th Street to the north, Duval Street to the east, and Guadalupe Street to the west. It is situated just north of the University of Texas and borders the neighborhoods of Hancock and North Loop.[2]

Hyde Park traces its origins back to 1891 and is considered to be Austin's first suburb.[3] The neighborhood was originally developed by Monroe M. Shipe in 1891 as a "White Only" streetcar suburb with a large artificial lake, but it has since become one of the most densely populated areas in the city's urban core.[4][5][6] Part of the neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a Historic District in 1990.

Hyde Park is located in city council District 9.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Neighborhood Planning Areas". Austin City Connection. City of Austin. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved Sep 9, 2011.
  3. ^ "Hyde Park". Austin Treasures. City of Austin. Archived from the original on November 5, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2005.
  4. ^ Julio, Julio (2007-02-02). "Hyde Park evolved differently than planned". The Daily Texan. Archived from the original on 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  5. ^ R.U. Steinberg and John Slate, East Austin: A Planned Community. Austin Chronicle. 12/9/1988√
  6. ^ Eliot Tretter, Austin Restricted: Progressivism, Zoning, Private Racial Covenants, and the Making of a Segregated City. Draft Report for Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis, University of Texas at Austin, 2012. Sounny-Slitine, Moulay Anwar; Tretter, Eliot. "Austin Restricted". Retrieved September 28, 2012.