Downtown Austin in Travis County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art
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Waterloo Greenway Conservancy
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Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, August 10, 2024
1. Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art / Waterloo Greenway Conservancy Marker
Jack S. Blanton Museum of ArtFounded in 1963, the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art is one of the largest university art museums in the U.S. with 189,340 square feet devoted to temporary exhibitions, permanent collection galleries, storage, administrative offices, classrooms, a print study room, an auditorium, shop, and cafe. Recognized for its modern and contemporary American and Latin American art, Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings, encyclopedic collection of prints and drawings, and Ellsworth Kelly's Austin, the Blanton offers thought provoking, visually arresting, and personally moving encounters with art.
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The Waterloo Greenway Conservancy, in a public-private partnership with the City of Austin, created an extraordinary urban park system and a restored Waller Creek, for the benefit of all, Running from Waterloo Park at 15th Street to Lady Bird Lake, the Waller Creek parks district include more than 35-acres of connected urban parks and public open space, and more than three miles of new hike and bike trails, along with engaging art and educational programming. Waterloo Park unites our neighbors, honors different cultures in our community, and commemorates this green space as a common ground where we all come together.
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Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, August 10, 2024
2. Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art / Waterloo Greenway Conservancy Marker
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music.
Location. 30° 16.677′ N, 97° 44.358′ W. Marker is in Austin, Texas, in Travis County. It is in Downtown Austin. It is at the intersection of Congress Avenue and 16th Street, on the right when traveling south on Congress Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Austin TX 78701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Central Texas. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Diocese of Austin (a few steps from this marker); Gethsemane Church (within shouting distance of this marker); French Legation State Historic Site (within shouting distance of this marker); Carrington-Covert House (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Site of Swedish Evangelical Free Church (about 500 feet away); Moses Austin (about 500 feet away); State Bar of Texas (about 700 feet away); Texas World War I Memorial (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Austin.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 10, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 152 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 10, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
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