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St David's Hospital may refer to: St David's Hospital, Cardiff, in Cardiff, Wales, UK; St David's Hospital, Carmarthen, in Carmarthen, Wales, a former mental health hospital; Dewi Sant Hospital, a small hospital in Pontypridd, Wales, UK; St David's Hospital, Hancock, Austin, Texas, USA
St. David's Episcopal Church is a historic church in downtown Austin, Texas, United States. Its main church building was constructed in 1854–1855, making it one of the oldest standing buildings in the city. The first Episcopal church in Austin was briefly organized in 1848, nine years after Austin was founded.
The Austin History Center is the local history collection of the Austin Public Library and the city's historical archive. The building opened as the official Austin Public Library in 1933 and served as the main library until 1979, [ 2 ] when library functions moved to the John Henry Faulk Library, a newer facility next door.
St. David's Episcopal Church (Austin, Texas) St. Edward's University; J. P. Schneider Store; Scholz Garten; Scottish Rite Dormitory; Seaholm Power Plant; Shadow Lawn Historic District (Austin, Texas) Sheeks–Robertson House; Col. Monroe M. Shipe House; Sixth Street (Austin, Texas) Smith Rock Shelter; Smith–Marcuse–Lowry House; Southgate ...
Leonidas D. Carrington (1816–1897) and his wife, Martha Hill Carrington (1824–1859) came to Austin from Mississippi in 1852. He began to accumulate real estate, and on Sept. 15, 1853, bought this block from James M. W. Hall, Austin hotelman, and ten days later opened a mercantile store on Congress Avenue intersection with Pecan Street (now 6th Street).
Despite pressure to move to segregated east Austin, Clarksville retained its African-American identity throughout the 20th century. Residents of Clarksville began requesting Austin city funds for the improvement and preservation in 1964, but dirt streets crossed the area until 1975, and a creek carrying sewage periodically flooded homes.
Jim and Gloria Austin opened the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum in 2001 to educate the community about the importance of the diverse history of Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous cowboys.
The Bremond Block Historic District is a collection of eleven historic homes in downtown Austin, Texas, United States, constructed from the 1850s to 1910.. The block was added to National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and is considered one of the few remaining upper-class Victorian neighborhoods of the middle to late nineteenth century in Texas. [2]