{"nrhp_refnum":"85002297","name":"City Cemetery","other_names":["Site #25","Austin City Cemetery","Oakwood Cemetery"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"16th & Navasota","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.276887447000036,"lon":-97.72643528025529,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Oakwood Cemetery (historically City Cemetery or Austin City Cemetery) is a burial ground of about 34 acres on a hill in East Austin, Texas, at 16th and Navasota streets. The first burial is thought to date to 1839, and the City of Austin owns it.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cemetery is significant as one of Austin's earliest cemeteries and for its Gothic Revival custodian's office, described as one of the finest Gothic Revival structures in the city. It is also the burial place of many pioneers and builders, and it contains notable funerary art. The reviewer recommended acceptance under criteria A and C.","narrative":"Oakwood Cemetery, also known as City Cemetery, occupies about 34 acres on a hill in East Austin and ranks among the city's earliest burial grounds. The first burial in the area is thought to have taken place in 1839, and in 1856 the Texas Legislature transferred the land to the City of Austin. Mature oaks and cedars shade the grounds, and a high chain-link fence surrounds the original section. The entrance at East 16th and Navasota streets passes between massive rusticated-stone posts with a double wrought-iron gate. Monumental crypts and cenotaphs mark family plots in both the Jewish and non-Jewish areas. Among those buried here are Governor E. M. Pease, Thomas Watt Gregory, and Thomas F. McKinney, along with members of the Zilker, Mayer, Bergstrom and Nalle families. The custodian's office is a one-story, L-shaped Gothic Revival building of rusticated limestone with a crenelated corner tower and pointed-arch openings. Its design and the cemetery's long association with Austin's early leaders support its listing.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900-","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival (custodian's office)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Physical condition is listed as excellent, with no alterations; the property is still used as a cemetery.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.653934-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/9702/40970277/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/85002297.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002297/fc13052196-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002297/fc13052196-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oakwood_Cemetery_Austin_Texas_2018.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:Oakwood_Cemetery_Austin_Texas_2018.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970277","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakwood_Cemetery_(Austin,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6350693"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/city-cemetery-85002297/"}