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- Hyde Park, platted in 1891 by the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Land and Town Co., was Austin's first planned suburb. Monroe Martin Shipe, the developer, envisioned it as a streetcar suburb, providing a quaint residential alternative to the bustling downtown area.
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A streetcar suburb is a residential community whose growth and development was strongly shaped by the use of streetcar lines as a primary means of transportation.
Hyde Park traces its origins back to 1891 and is considered to be Austin's first suburb. [3] The neighborhood was originally developed by Monroe M. Shipe in 1891 as a "White Only" streetcar suburb with a large artificial lake, but it has since become one of the most densely populated areas in the city's urban core.
Aug 1, 2017 · In Austin, the first streetcar suburb to be established in the city was Hyde Park whose origin goes back to 1891. In American capital, Washington DC, the streetcar tracks spurred the growth of suburbs which included Uniontown, LeDroit Park, Brookland, and Brightwood.
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Jun 18, 2024 · Hyde Park, platted in 1891 by the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Land and Town Co., was Austin's first planned suburb. Monroe Martin Shipe, the developer, envisioned it as a streetcar suburb, providing a quaint residential alternative to the bustling downtown area.
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Colonel Monroe Martin Shipe (March 12, 1847 – April 27, 1924), also called M. M. Shipe, was an American real estate developer who developed Hyde Park, an early streetcar suburb in Austin, Texas.
The Hyde Park Historic District (a Streetcar Suburb with both national and local designations) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Portions of the content of this web page were adapted from a copy of the original nomination document.
Hyde Park is over 100 years old. Platted in 1891 by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Land and Town Co., Hyde Park was marketed under the direction of Monroe Martin Shipe as an affluent suburb featuring large, majestic residences. Completion of Shipe’s streetcar line in 1891 provided a reliable transportation connection to downtown from the ...
