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French Place, Austin, Texas
French Place is a historic, residential neighborhood and sub-district of the Upper Boggy Creek area in East central Austin, Texas. Believed to have been originally established on the former site of the 19th-century French family dairy farm, the neighborhood is defined by its dense canopy of heritage pecan trees and a highly diverse architectural landscape that spans from 1920s Craftsman bungalows to mid-century modern estates.
Its close proximity to downtown and bordering the University of Texas at Austin to the west and the Mueller Redevelopment to the east, French Place has evolved from a rural agricultural outpost into one of Austin's most prominent "Old Austin" enclaves.
It is widely recognized for its bohemian character, its proximity to the Manor Road cultural corridor, and a long-standing tradition of civic activism that has preserved its scale amidst the city's rapid 21st-century urbanization.
The neighborhood is a subdivision of the vibrant Cherrywood district, serving as a quieter residential neighbor to UT Austin. Its location is roughly bounded by the following points of interest:
Before it was a residential enclave, the land north of Manor Road was primarily agricultural and believed to have been primarily owned by two families: the Giles (as in Giles Road) and the Pattersons (as in Patterson Park).
According to property records from the Cherrywood Neighborhood Association (CNA), James H. French and his descendants, Walter Schieffer, and others were among some of the named "early owners" of the land that would eventually become the French Place and Cherrywood subdivisions. While later developers like Bascom and Rogan Giles platted the specific residential subdivisions (Giles One and Two) in the 1940s, the Frenches are credited alongside other historic figures like Schieffer and Nye Patterson as the individuals whose property ownership and legacy are "reflected in the names of streets and parks" within the area.
However, the collection of possible namesakes muddies the origin waters, making it difficult to precisely identify how the collection of subdivisions in the region came to be known as "French Place." This challenge was further acknowledged by the CNA in its 2013 newsletter, The Flea:
"So what is French Place and what are its boundaries? Possibly everything south of Edgewood to Manor Rd. and east from I-35 to Cherrywood could be called French Place, though there’s no legal precedent for the name in city records. It’s not a legal subdivision, it’s just the way neighborhood terminology evolved. Since the Nowlin and Dancy families had so many ties to France and New Orleans, maybe they called it French Place from the outset. Maybe neighbors just liked the name of the street. Maybe J.H. French had a hand in it. We may never know for certain." —The Flea, Cherrywood Neighborhood Association, 2013
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French Place, Austin, Texas
French Place is a historic, residential neighborhood and sub-district of the Upper Boggy Creek area in East central Austin, Texas. Believed to have been originally established on the former site of the 19th-century French family dairy farm, the neighborhood is defined by its dense canopy of heritage pecan trees and a highly diverse architectural landscape that spans from 1920s Craftsman bungalows to mid-century modern estates.
Its close proximity to downtown and bordering the University of Texas at Austin to the west and the Mueller Redevelopment to the east, French Place has evolved from a rural agricultural outpost into one of Austin's most prominent "Old Austin" enclaves.
It is widely recognized for its bohemian character, its proximity to the Manor Road cultural corridor, and a long-standing tradition of civic activism that has preserved its scale amidst the city's rapid 21st-century urbanization.
The neighborhood is a subdivision of the vibrant Cherrywood district, serving as a quieter residential neighbor to UT Austin. Its location is roughly bounded by the following points of interest:
Before it was a residential enclave, the land north of Manor Road was primarily agricultural and believed to have been primarily owned by two families: the Giles (as in Giles Road) and the Pattersons (as in Patterson Park).
According to property records from the Cherrywood Neighborhood Association (CNA), James H. French and his descendants, Walter Schieffer, and others were among some of the named "early owners" of the land that would eventually become the French Place and Cherrywood subdivisions. While later developers like Bascom and Rogan Giles platted the specific residential subdivisions (Giles One and Two) in the 1940s, the Frenches are credited alongside other historic figures like Schieffer and Nye Patterson as the individuals whose property ownership and legacy are "reflected in the names of streets and parks" within the area.
However, the collection of possible namesakes muddies the origin waters, making it difficult to precisely identify how the collection of subdivisions in the region came to be known as "French Place." This challenge was further acknowledged by the CNA in its 2013 newsletter, The Flea:
"So what is French Place and what are its boundaries? Possibly everything south of Edgewood to Manor Rd. and east from I-35 to Cherrywood could be called French Place, though there’s no legal precedent for the name in city records. It’s not a legal subdivision, it’s just the way neighborhood terminology evolved. Since the Nowlin and Dancy families had so many ties to France and New Orleans, maybe they called it French Place from the outset. Maybe neighbors just liked the name of the street. Maybe J.H. French had a hand in it. We may never know for certain." —The Flea, Cherrywood Neighborhood Association, 2013
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