Bouldin Creek is a neighborhood in
Austin, Texas
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, originally created at the turn of the 20th century. It has several homes remaining from that era and more from the 1920s and 1930s.
Bouldin Creek is bordered by
South Congress
South Congress (abbreviated SoCo) is a neighborhood located on South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, United States. It is also a nationally known shopping and cultural district known for its many eclectic small retailers, restaurants, music and a ...
to the east, the
Union Pacific
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railroad track to the west,
Barton Springs to the north, and West Oltorf to the south. It includes two major commercial areas, South First and South Congress.
The neighborhood has the Victorian mansion
Green Pastures, which once belonged to Austinite
John Henry Faulk
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Early life
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, and the St. Anne
African Methodist Episcopal Church
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(originally constructed in 1916) on Newton Street. The neighbourhood also contains the
Texas School for the Deaf
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.
The Bouldin Creek Neighborhood Association arbitrates development and city initiatives with the neighborhood's residents.
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Neighborhoods in Austin, Texas