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The Mission to Save Austin’s Historic Norwood House

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About Us

Stewarding the site, Public Lands Day, Sept. 2016. Courtesy Charlotte Bell Photography.
Architects envisioning, Nov. 2015.

Vision Team

Kudos to the professional team for the former Norwood Park Foundation. These firms produced outstanding plans for the restoration of the Norwood House and grounds. Please consider them for your own projects!

Mell Lawrence Architects – Project Architecture
Mell Lawrence, FAIA, Principal   www.architecturalpolka.com

Campbell Landscape Architecture – Landscape Architecture
Cameron Campbell, ASLA, Principal  www.campbellla.com

Ten Eyck Landscape Architects – Conceptual Master Plan for Landscape
Christy Ten Eyck, FASLA, President   www.teneyckla.com

Dunaway Associates (formerly Urban Design Group) – Civil Engineering
Laura Toups, P.E., LEED AP, Vice President   www.dunawayassociates.com

Leap!Structures – Structural Engineering
Rik Haden, P.E., Assoc. AIA, Partner   www.leapstructures.com

Benz Resource Group – Project Management
Susan Benz, AIA, President   www.benzresourcegroup.com

Hill & Wilkinson – General Contractors www.hwgc.com

Volunteers – About Us

“We” are Austin private citizens from all across the city who long for the Norwood House to be restored and returned to the people. This website is mostly a reflection of the most recent organized effort, by the nonprofit Norwood Park Foundation formed in 2012. The org had a strong grass-roots history and evolved from several previous efforts to save the house by groups such as the South River City Citizens, the Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Texas, and the Norwood Posse. NPF’s first president and many of its board members were longtime residents of Travis Heights, where the house is located. An all-volunteer Board of Directors and hundreds of supporters, donors and volunteers participated in the project during the 10-year NPF effort. You know who you are and we thank you! There remains strong sentiment amongst many Austin residents in ALL districts to restore and repurpose this potentially revenue-generating publicly owned historic asset.

Have tools, will patch, Jan. 2017.
It’s My Park Day, May 2016.  Courtesy Charlotte Bell Photography
Keeping Norwood dry, Sept. 2015.

Participating Professionals – Partial List

This is a partial list of folks who helped the Norwood Project from 2011-2022. We appreciated their civic interest and their work! They follow a long list of professionals in many fields who’ve given their time and expertise to the Norwood House since 1985.

Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors – Restoration Construction www.hwgc.com

James Nolan Construction – Stabilization Construction
James Nolan, Owner   www.jamesnolanconstruction.com

Kenyon & Sproull, P.C. – Legal Consulting – www.kenyonsproull.com

Eastside Lumber – Construction Materials
Randy Meek, President   www.eastsidelumberaustin.com

Jenkins Environmental – Environmental Remediation
Troy Jenkins, Owner   www.jenkinsenviro.com

Austex Fence & Deck – Security Site Fencing
David Lockett, Owner   www.austexfenceanddeck.com

Capital Geotechnical Services PLLC – Geotechnical Engineering
Nicholas Kauffman, P.E., Owner   www.capitalgeotechnical.com

Landmark Surveying, LP – Site Surveying
Dana A. Markus-Wolf, President   www.landmarksurveying.com

Austin Rent Fence – Early/Temporary Site Fencing
James Gill, Owner   www.austinrentfence.com

River City Structural Movers – Structural Moving
Jery Edgett, Owner

Elizabeth Day – Architectural Illustration
Elizabeth A. Day, Owner   www.elizabethday.com

Leslie Cox – Bookkeeping Services 

Heritage Tree Care – Arboriculture Services
Vincent Debrock, Co-Owner   www.txheritagetreecare.com

Derks Tree Works – Heritage Tree Care
Jason Derks, Owner  www.derkstreeworks.com

United Rentals – Site Storage www.unitedrentals.com

theNoise – Web Consulting
Mark Boyden, Owner   www.noise.org

The Barr Company – Early Project Estimating
Maricela Barr, AIA, President

Ridout Barrett – CPAs & Business Consulting www.ridoutbarrett.com

Frost Bank – Financial Services www.frostbank.com

Charlotte Bell Photography – Photography
Charlotte Bell, Owner www.charlottebell.com

Atelier Wong Photography – Architectural Photography
Patrick Wong, Owner www.atelierwong.com

Logical Things – IT & Website Services
Art Thompson, Owner www.logicalthings.com

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How You Can Help

Saving Norwood has been a people’s project from the beginning. Donations via NPF have ended, but there ARE ways you can help move the project forward:

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