Pemberton Heights, Austin, Texas

Pemberton Heights is a neighborhood of Austin, Texas, and part of the Old West Austin Historic District. The area is bounded by Westover Road on the north, Lamar Boulevard/Shoal Creek on the east, 24th Street/Windsor Road on the south, and Texas State Highway Loop 1 ("MoPac") on the west.^[1][2] It is one of Austin's wealthiest and most historic^[3] neighborhoods.^[4]

History

In the late 1800s, what is now the neighborhood of Pemberton Heights in Austin, Travis County, Texas, was a farm owned by Attorney General John Woods Harris. The Fisher family inherited the farm and established the Austin Land Company. In 1927, the company built a bridge across Shoal Creek and began developing the area, which was originally outside the Austin city limits. Between 1927 to the early 1940s, Pemberton Heights was developed in 12 sections. In its June 1998 issue, Town & Country magazine named Pemberton Heights as one of the 25 Platinum Addresses in the United States.^[5]

Points of Interest

The neighborhood encompasses the western edge of the Shoal Creek Greenbelt along with a number of other "triangle parks" formed by three-way intersections including Harris Triangle Park and Wooldridge Triangle Park.^[6]

Hartford Park

In 2016 the Pemberton Heights Neighborhood Association and the City of Austin formed a partnership in an effort to formally create a park in the half-acre green space found at the intersection of Hartford Rd, Jefferson St, and Ethridge Ave.^[7] The $350,000 needed for the park is being funded through private donations and will be used to fence in the area as well as add in playscapes and landscaping among other infrastructure.^[8]

Schools

Pemberton Heights residents are zoned for Casis Elementary School, O. Henry Middle School, and Stephen F. Austin High School. However, a considerable number of students from the area also attend private schools, most notably St. Andrew's Episcopal School and St. Stephens Episcopal School among others.^[9]

Notable Residents

• Ralph Yarborough, Senator
• Rebekah Baines Johnson, mother to US President, Lyndon Baines Johnson
• Edward A. Clark, United States Ambassador to Australia^[10]

References

External links

• Pemberton Heights Neighborhood Association

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