Articles on History of the ANA
Happy 60th Gullett – TODAY! 12/20/16
TODAY is the actual 60th anniversary of our beloved Gullett elementary school. 60 years ago on this day, students came to school for the first time, in cold and rain, with lots of mud and no street, no sidewalks. The teachers literally carried kids over the mud and to...
read morePreservation Austin’s 24th Annual Historic Homes Tour is April 30
Allandale mid century homes featured. See more in our calendar!
read moreLamar Middle School 60th Celebration! April 16
Lamar Middle School invites all alumni to celebrate its 60th anniversary at an April 16 event from 5-7 p.m. Graduates from 1955 through 2015 will travel through the decades as they tour today’s Lamar campus, reminisce with former classmates and faculty, and enjoy...
read moreAustin Memorial Park Cemetery part of City of Austin historic cemeteries master plan
Regarding the Austin Memorial Park Cemetery, located in Allandale.... The Draft Historic Cemeteries Master Plan is available for community review. This is the first master planning effort for the City’s five historic municipal cemeteries, which include Austin Memorial...
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Photos documenting Allandale’s characteristics
Take a look at recent photos of Allandale submitted to the City as part of the codeNEXT project. The 127 neighborhood photos with extensive captions were taken and submitted by ANA's Land Development Code committee (Allan McMurtry, Joe Reynolds, Kata Carbone, Paulette...
read moreInterview with long-time Allandale residents Max and Betty
QUESTIONS How long have you lived in Austin and in Allandale? We moved here from Abilene in January 1965. What was Allandale like when you moved here? There were many young families just buying their first home. Many children played in the front yards, and most...
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The History of Shoal Creek
What follows is a history of Shoal Creek submitted to the Allandale Neighbor by a long-time Allandale resident who wishes to remain anonymous. She was kind enough to key it in from a type-written document found at the Austin History Center....
read moreThe 1981 Memorial Day Flood – Allandale
Here a link to the stories told by folks who experienced the 1981 Memorial Day flood in Allandale. This is from an article we put together for the newsletter and the web site back in April 2009. Click here to read the story. You can read more stories from around the...
read moreRemembering the 1981 Memorial Day Flood
Hello, I wanted to follow up and let you know that the website we launched on March 13, www.austinfloods.org, has received more than 50 story submissions on the Memorial Day Flood, we have more than 80 flood photos posted and six compelling videos to share. We want to...
read moreDid you experience the 1981 Memorial Day Storm first hand?
Hello, My name is Wendy Morgan and I work for the City of Austin’s Watershed Protection Department. We are planning a commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the devastating Memorial Day Flood and are looking for people who experienced the storm first hand. In the...
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