Description:
"The family that builds together, bonds together" might have been the slogan of Eugene Bremond, an early Austin banker who established a mini-real-estate monopoly for his own kin in the downtown area. In the mid-1860s, he started investing in land on what was once Block 80 of the original city plan. In 1874, he moved into a Greek revival home made by master builder Abner Cook. By the time he was through, he had created a family compound, purchasing and enlarging homes for himself, two sisters, a daughter, a son, and a brother-in-law. Some were destroyed, but those that remain on what is now known as the Bremond Block are exquisite examples of elaborate late-19th-century homes.
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Awards:
Frommer's
- Recommended 2010
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Contact:
- visit website
- tel: +1 512 478 0098
- fax: +1 512 469 9527
Address:
- 700 Guadalupe to 900 San Antonio streets
- Between Seventh and Eighth, San Antonio and Guadalupe Sts
- Austin, TX 78701
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DowntownHours:
- Dawn-dusk daily
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- Easy
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