{"nrhp_refnum":"79003015","name":"Scholz Garten","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1607 San Jacinto","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.277705868000055,"lon":-97.73635191199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-07-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Scholz Garten is a beer garden, tavern and clubhouse complex at 1607 San Jacinto in Austin, Texas. It began as August Scholz's business in the 1860s, and the present clubhouse was rebuilt about 1909 by the Austin Saengerrunde.","why_significant":"The nomination cites its role as Texas' oldest saloon and its long association with the Austin Saengerrunde, the city's oldest ethnic organization, formed by German and Swiss immigrants. It has also served as a gathering place for legislators, University of Texas students, writers and other notable figures. The 1909 building follows the design of the original false-gable brick facade.","narrative":"Scholz Garten, at 1607 San Jacinto in Austin, is a tavern, beer garden and German singing society clubhouse a few blocks from the Texas capitol. August Scholz, a German immigrant, began with a boarding house in a log structure in 1860 and turned it into a tavern in 1866 by adding a brick false-gable facade. The Austin Saengerrunde bought the property in 1909, tore down the old building and rebuilt a nearly identical clubhouse. The complex is laid out in a U around a garden of oak trees, with a meeting hall and a bowling alley. Inside is the dark oak bar installed by Scholz. The property was listed for its long role as a meeting place for legislators, University of Texas students, authors and governors, and for its ties to the Saengerrunde, Austin's oldest registered ethnic organization. The group's members also helped start the Austin Symphony Orchestra. A state historical plaque was awarded in 1967.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in commercial and entertainment use; the Saengerrunde still owns it, uses the club rooms and bowling alley, and leases the dining rooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.312297-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/9738/40973833/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/79003015.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003015/a5ddf92be8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003015/a5ddf92be8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scholz_garden_2007.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:Scholz_garden_2007.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973833","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholz_Garten","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14711311"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/scholz-garten-79003015/"}