{"nrhp_refnum":"75002005","name":"Laguna Gloria","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"3809 W. 35th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.311264603500064,"lon":-97.77504555220894,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-12-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Politics/Government","Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Laguna Gloria is a Mediterranean-style villa with formal Italian gardens on a bluff above the Colorado River in Austin, Texas, built in 1916 and designed by Harvey L. Page of San Antonio. The nominated area is about 18 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is significant as the home of Clara Driscoll Sevier and Henry Hulme Sevier from 1916 to 1929. Driscoll is known as the 'Savior of the Alamo' and was active in business, politics and philanthropy. The site also lies on land Stephen F. Austin once intended for his own home, and since 1943 it has served as an art museum.","narrative":"Laguna Gloria is a 1916 Mediterranean-style villa set on a high bluff above the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. Architect Harvey L. Page of San Antonio designed it and Jack Johnson built it of stuccoed masonry and concrete. A four-story tower dominates the asymmetrical blocks, and a carved limestone window modeled on the rose window of San Jose Mission lights the main stairway. Italian-style gardens with statuary, terraces and a fountain surround the house, and a lagoon wraps the peninsula to the south and east. The villa was the winter home of Clara Driscoll and Henry Hulme Sevier from 1916 to 1929. Driscoll became known as the Savior of the Alamo after buying the property to prevent its destruction, and Sevier served as a legislator, newspaper publisher and ambassador to Chile. The land had earlier been chosen by Stephen F. Austin as a future home site. In 1943 Driscoll gave the property to a state art association on condition that it be kept as an art museum, which is how it is still used.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Harvey L. Page (architect); Jack Johnson (contractor)","architectural_style":"Mediterranean style villa","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as an art museum; condition marked fair. Many openings were covered with temporary wood sealers in 1975 to stop water leaks, and the original plantings have partly deteriorated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.155472-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/11/9737/40973711/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/75002005.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75002005/1bd1e0561b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75002005/1bd1e0561b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Matthew Fuller","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AMOA-Laguna_Gloria.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew Fuller</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AMOA-Laguna_Gloria.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973711","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Gloria","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6472854"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/laguna-gloria-75002005/"}