Cambridge Tower
National Register of Historic Places

Cambridge Tower

Austin, Travis County, Texas
Listed
June 20, 2018
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
100002603

About this property

Cambridge Tower is a building in Austin, Texas, United States, that opened in 1965 as a luxury apartment tower. The building was designed by Dallas-based architect Thomas E. Stanley, and contains numerous New Formalism architectural elements including balconies adorned with brise soleil columns and ornamental breeze blocks. The building currently operates as a condominium. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 20, 2018. National Register of Historic Places listings in Travis County, Texas Media related to Cambridge Tower (Austin, Texas) at Wikimedia Commons

Location

1801 Lavaca St.
Austin, Travis County, Texas
30.28071, -97.74047

Categories

ARCHITECTURECOMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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When was Cambridge Tower listed on the National Register?

Cambridge Tower was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 20, 2018.

What type of historic resource is Cambridge Tower?

Cambridge Tower is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Cambridge Tower?

The period of significance for Cambridge Tower is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1965.

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