Congress Ave. from 1st to 11th Sts., Austin, Texas. County/parish: Travis.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 11, 1978. NRIS 78002989.
89 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Congress Avenue is a major thoroughfare in Austin, Texas. The street is a six-lane, tree lined avenue that cuts through the middle of the city from far south Austin and goes over Lady Bird Lake leading to the Texas State Capitol in the heart of Downtown.
Congress Avenue south of Lady Bird Lake is known as South Congress, often abbreviated to SoCo, and is an increasingly popular shopping and rental district. It passes the historic Travis Heights neighborhood, the Texas School for the Deaf, and St. Edward's University as it passes south out of town.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973707