Location Austin, Texas, USA Architect Marion Hall RTHL # 6444 Opened 1895 | Built 1895 NRHP Reference # 80004154 Designated RTHL 1976 Added to NRHP 27 September 1980 | |
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Green Pastures is a historic Victorian home housing a restaurant of the same name in south Austin, Texas neighborhood of Bouldin Creek. Completed in 1895 by local minister E.W. Herndon, the house sat on 23 acres (93,000 m2) bordering a wooded area to the south. It was home to a number of families over the years. The Green Pastures restaurant opened in the building in 1946, serving a range of comfort food, and was notable for serving to customers of all races, 18 years before other establishments in Austin were desegregated by law.
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The building is located at 811 W Live Oak Avenue. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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Location for the 1988 comedy Heartbreak Hotel (film) and childhood residence of the activist, author and radio show host John Henry Faulk.
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Green Pastures Restaurant was established by Mary Faulk Koock and husband Chester Koock. Mary wrote historical collection of recipes 'The Texas Cookbook' with the help of the author James Beard.
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The grounds have been noted for decades for its beautiful peafowl.
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