Green Pastures is a historic Victorian home housing a restaurant of the same name in south

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neighborhood of Bouldin Creek. Completed in 1895 by local minister E.W. Herndon, the house sat on 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

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, and was notable for serving to customers of all races, 18 years before other establishments in Austin were desegregated by law. The building is located at 811 West Live Oak Avenue. It was added to the

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in 1980. Location for the 1988 film ''

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'' and childhood residence of the activist, author and

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show host

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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

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. The grounds have been noted for decades for its beautiful

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References

External links

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The Texas Cookbook

Bouldin Creek

John Henry Faulk's Christmas Story
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