28/11/2025
The Fannie Davis Town Lake Gazebo (originally “Town Lake Gazebo”), built in 1969, is an octagonal, open air, mid-century modern structure with a funnel-shaped hyperbolic paraboloid roof that resembles an inverted morning glory flower. Stylistically eclectic, complex in its angularity, and finished in concrete, rough-hewn limestone, and painted wood, the gazebo defies simple categorization. The gazebo was the first public structure built in the effort to beautify the south shore of Town Lake (now lady Bird Lake), which was created after the construction of Longhorn Dam on the Colorado River in 1960. The Austin Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), established in the 1950s for women working in the construction industry, spearheaded and raised funds for the project. -- description adapted from the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form at "Details for Town Lake Gazebo (Atlas Number 2100004970)"
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Image ID: PICA 09283, Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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Austin History Center Association NAWIC AUSTIN - CHAPTER #7 Mid Tex Mod
