Green Pastures
811 W. Live Oak St., Austin, TXThis two-story Victorian country house with its combination of Stick Style and Eastlake motifs has been a symbol of hospitality in Austin since it was built ca. 1893. Dr. Eugene W. Herndon, prominent Austin physician, publisher and philanthropist, decided to build his home in what was then a rural area south of town in order to pursue his interests in horticulture and prize-winning poultry. Little is known about Marlon Hall, the builder he chose for his home. The second owners, the W. W. Burnetts, active in legal and political circles in this state capital, occupied the house from 1912 to I9I6. The third family to own the property maintains the house to this day as a restaurant after a gradual evolution from the family home of the gregarious politician and lawyer. Judge John Henry Faulk, years of entertaining in the house as an outgoing, hospitable family, through the Second World War when Mary Faulk Koock, who introduced the Brownie Scouting movement to Central Texas, began to cater children's parties from the home.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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