{"nrhp_refnum":"80004154","name":"Green Pastures","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"811 W. Live Oak St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.245204630000046,"lon":-97.76285341899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Green Pastures is a two-story wood frame Victorian country house at 811 West Live Oak in Austin, Travis County, Texas, built ca. 1893 by builder Marion Hall for Dr. Eugene W. Herndon on what was then rural land south of town.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of very few examples of the Stick Style in Austin, combined with Eastlake motifs. Its rural setting has been maintained, and its nineteenth century interior is open to the public. It is also valued as a long-standing center of hospitality in Austin.","narrative":"Green Pastures is a two-story Victorian country house at 811 West Live Oak in Austin, built about 1893 by Marion Hall for Dr. Eugene W. Herndon, a physician, publisher and philanthropist who wanted a rural home south of town for horticulture and prize-winning poultry. The wood frame house combines Stick Style and Eastlake details, including a projecting gabled portico, turned columns, stained glass windows and decorative entry doors. Inside, four rooms open off a central hall, with an elaborate stair and cherry and walnut mantels. Later owners included the Burnetts and then the Faulk family, whose Mary Faulk Koock began catering from the home and opened the downstairs to public dining by 1946. A 1965 fire damaged the upper floor, and additions were made in the 1950s and 1970s. The property, now about four acres, keeps its oak-shaded rural character. It was listed as one of very few Stick Style examples in Austin and as a local landmark of hospitality.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date ca. 1893)","architect_builder":"Marion Hall","architectural_style":"Stick Style with Eastlake motifs (Victorian country house)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a restaurant and catering business; condition listed as excellent, with alterations including a 1965 fire repair and 1950s and 1970s additions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.542959-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/9736/40973695/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/80004154.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004154/bca5fd56c6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004154/bca5fd56c6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_pastures_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:Green_pastures_2007.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973695","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Pastures_(Austin,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5603058"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/green-pastures-80004154/"}