{"nrhp_refnum":"70000772","name":"Woodlawn","other_names":["Paese Mansion"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6 Niles Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.286665967000033,"lon":-97.75807114999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-08-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Woodlawn, also called the Pease Mansion, is a two-story Greek Revival brick residence at 6 Niles Road in Austin, Travis County, Texas. It was designed by Abner Cook and completed in 1853.","why_significant":"The nomination calls Woodlawn one of the most beautiful homes Abner Cook designed. It was built in 1853, shortly before the governor's mansion of 1855, and shares that building's two-story Greek Revival design. It was also the home of Governor Pease and, later, of his family until 1957.","narrative":"Woodlawn is a two-story Greek Revival brick house at 6 Niles Road in Austin, designed by builder Abner Cook and finished in 1853. It has a flat roof, a two-story Ionic gallery with six fluted columns, and a small balcony over the front door with Cook's characteristic bundled-slat balustrade. A side porch carries three Doric columns. James B. Shaw, an Irish emigrant to Texas, commissioned the house. Construction paused when he was jilted, then resumed after he became engaged to someone else. Shaw served as state comptroller under Governor Pease, and in 1857 Pease bought the house and named it Woodlawn. He called the surrounding 365 acres Enfield, after his Connecticut birthplace, but sold most of the land over time. Pease family members lived there until 1957, when Allan Shivers bought it. Additions include a rear dining hall and a north-side room and kitchen. The house became a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1964. The estate is now a city block with landscaped grounds.","period_of_significance":"19th Century; specific date 1853","architect_builder":"Abner Cook","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as excellent condition, altered, on its original site, and used as a private residence. The form marks the property as occupied, with preservation work in progress.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.800153-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/34/9736/40973634/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/70000772.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000772/f5e9b94a10-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000772/f5e9b94a10-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodlawn_austin_2006.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodlawn_austin_2006.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973634","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlawn_(Austin,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8032993"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/woodlawn-70000772/"}