Camp Mabry is three miles northwest of the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, and includes buildings, structures, landscape features, and infrastructure supporting the third oldest active military facility in Texas. The 220-acre district, focused around the 1892 parade ground, consists primarily of 1- and 2-story buildings built between 1892 and 1943. Extant properties include administrative buildings, barracks, an arsenal, mess hall, workshops and warehouses, and other utilitarian buildings.

Aerial view, Camp Mabry, Austin, TX, c. 1943.
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Architects designed most of the buildings, but some reflect adaptations of standard plans built to suit specific needs. Construction materials vary according to each building's time period and function and include,in order of frequency, brick, limestone, wood, hollow core tile, concrete, and corrugated metal.

This is only a brief excerpt from the comprehensive National Register of Historic Places nomination.

CAMP MABRY'S HISTORIC CONTEXT INCLUDES:

School of Automobile Mechanics of the University of Texas

National Army Training Detachment (N.A.T.D.)

Students Army Training Corps, Vocational Section B (S.A.T.C.)

World War I

Texas Department of Public Safety

Texas Rangers

Texas Highway Patrol

Texas Highway Department (N.A.T.D.)

Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.)

World War II

Mabry Ordnance Shop
....more to be added, explained, etcetera.

SIGNIFICANT INDIVIDUALS INCLUDE:

General Woodford H. Mabry

John Peeler

Robert Vinson

George Endress

Gen. Knickerbocker

John Connally

Lyndon B. Johnson

Texas Historical Commission

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Texas National Guard

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