{"nrhp_refnum":"94001159","name":"Mayfield-Gutsch Estate","other_names":["Mayfield Park"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"3505 W. 35th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.314485223500043,"lon":-97.7698309210885,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 23-acre estate site at 3505 West 35th Street in Austin, Texas, overlooking the Colorado River. It includes a 1-story board-and-batten cottage, a two-acre walled formal garden and a wooded natural preserve, developed from 1909 through the 1930s and now a city park.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the estate is an excellent example of the modest suburban properties built in the hills around Austin in the early 20th century, with a garden that reflects landscape design trends of the period. The Gutsches blended Romantic, Neoclassical and Arts and Crafts ideas in an idiosyncratic way, using native stone and plants. It is considered significant at the local level in landscape architecture.","narrative":"Mayfield-Gutsch Estate, now Mayfield Park, occupies 23 hilly acres overlooking the Colorado River in Austin. Politician Allison Mayfield bought the property in 1909 and used an existing dwelling as a summer home. His daughter Mary Mayfield Gutsch, her husband Milton, and gardener Esteban Arredondo then built a showcase garden during the 1920s and 1930s. A two-acre garden enclosed by limestone walls surrounds a board-and-batten cottage with Craftsman details such as a cobblestone chimney and pergola. Inside the walls are a rose garden, rock garden, herbaceous beds, lily ponds, a dovecote and an overlook, while the wooded land below was left natural. The garden combines Romantic, Neoclassical and Arts and Crafts ideas in an individual way. Mary Gutsch left the property to the City of Austin as a public park, and restoration began in 1988. It was listed for its landscape architecture, with a period of significance of 1922 to 1940.","period_of_significance":"1922-1940","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Now operated as a public park; the house and gardens have been under restoration since 1988.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.25565-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/27/9738/40973827/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/94001159.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001159/17de05a976-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001159/17de05a976-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mayfield_gutsch_estate_2009.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:Mayfield_gutsch_estate_2009.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973827","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayfield%E2%80%93Gutsch_Estate","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6797162"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/mayfield-gutsch-estate-94001159/"}