​Laguna Gloria

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Marker No: 6472

Medallion & Plate 

Texas Historic Landmark 

National Register of Historic Places

Geographic: 30.311935,-97.773880

Location: ​3809 West 35th Street, Austin

Marker Text: ​This Mediterranean style villa was built in 1916 for Henry H. and Clara Driscoll Sevier. Named Laguna Gloria for a nearby lagoon off the Colorado River. The stuccoed home features a decorative window that resembles the rose window at San Jose Mission in San Antonio in 1943, the site was conveyed to the Texas Fine Arts Assoc. by Clara Driscoll, best known for her efforts to preserve the Alamo. Her homesite is now owned by Laguna Gloria Art Museum. (1983)