Congress Avenue Historic District
Historic district in Texas, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the road in South Florida, see Congress Avenue (Florida).
Congress Avenue is a major thoroughfare in Austin, Texas. The street is a six-lane, tree lined avenue that cuts through the middle of the city from far south Austin and goes over Lady Bird Lake leading to the Texas State Capitol in the heart of Downtown.
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Congress Avenue Historic District | |
Location | Congress Ave. from 1st to 11th Sts., Austin, Texas |
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Coordinates | 30°16′4″N 97°44′33″W |
Area | 38.3 acres (15.5 ha) |
Built | 1839 |
Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, Skyscraper |
NRHP reference No. | 78002989[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 11, 1978 |
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Congress Avenue south of Lady Bird Lake is known as South Congress, often abbreviated to SoCo,[2] and is an increasingly popular shopping and rental district. It passes the historic Travis Heights neighborhood, the Texas School for the Deaf, and St. Edward's University as it passes south out of town.