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Neill-Cochran House Museum, Austin, TX

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Neill-Cochran House Museum

Historic Greek Revival house museum in central Austin showing the city's history through furnished rooms and rotating exhibits.

2310 San Gabriel Street, Austin, Texas 78705 · Austin, TX

About Neill-Cochran House Museum

This museum occupies one of Austin's oldest homes, a Greek Revival residence dating from the mid-1850s. Visitors can tour historically furnished rooms that tell the story of the city and Texas from its founding through 1930. The site also includes the city's surviving slave quarters and hosts rotating art and history exhibitions, lectures, and family programs.

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  • #Greek Revival
  • #Austin history
  • #slave quarters
  • #historic home

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