Old West Austin Historic District (Boundary Increase)

This addition to the Old West Austin Historic District takes in about six blocks of the Bryker Woods neighborhood in Austin, Texas. It includes 38 properties along Funston Street, West 30th Street and Oakmont Boulevard, mostly small wood-frame Ranch style houses on pier-and-beam foundations, with exteriors of wood, shingle or asbestos siding. Most date from 1947 to 1952, with a few later houses that do not contribute. The land was part of the Bryker Woods Annex, platted in 1947 and 1951, and was left out of the original district boundaries. The houses west of Funston Street once bordered the Missouri Pacific Railroad and now back onto the MoPac highway right-of-way. The area was listed because it shares the district's significance in architecture and community planning and development. Its modest postwar homes keep their original character and match the contributing houses across the street. The period of significance was set at 1947-1953.