Green Pastures

Green Pastures is a historic Victorian home housing a restaurant of the same name in south Austin, Texas neighborhood of Bouldin Creek. Completed in 1895 by local minister E.W. Herndon, the house sat on 23 acres (93,000 m) 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 comfort food, 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 W Live Oak Avenue. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Location for the 1988 comedy Heartbreak Hotel (film) and childhood residence of the activist,...