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HISTORY

Austin, Capital of Texas

Austin in 1840

Austin was chartered in 1839 when the area was just a frontier settlement called Waterloo in the fledgling nation of the Republic of Texas. This rich and colorful history shaped the Austin we know and love today.

Below are links to brief histories of City Hall in Austin and the neighborhood that Austin City Hall currently resides:

 

  City Hall

The site of Austin’s first City Hall
is deeply rooted in Texas history.

 

Block 3

What was previously on the
block where City Hall is?

 
   

 

 

 
 

Guy Town

This area was once one of Austin’s
most notorious neighborhoods.

 

2nd Street District

How a blighted commercial
district was revitalized.

 

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