Abandoned houses in S. Austin

[VoodooChi|d]

Ok, I was just randomly thinking about this.

I remember about 12 years ago my cousins had moved to Austin and were living in an apartment somewhere in South Austin while their house in Circle C was being built. Anyway, somewhere near their apartment was this village of abandoned houses. It was in the woods a bit though. I was pretty young at this time so my memory isn't perfect but they seemed like they were maybe built in the 20's or 30's. They were all like 1 or 2 rooms or so; very small. All of them were wood framed I believe. I think it was sorta in a valley or near a creek or something.

Does anyone know where this is or if it still exists? Also what is the story behind this little camp of houses?

I figured if anyone would know it would be hornfans.

 

[jimmyjazz]

Sounds like that street that cuts through from South 1st (or Congress?) to Manchaca, just north of Slaughter. It's like another world down there.

 

[VoodooChi|d]

These were houses you could walk through and stuff. They were like completely abandoned.

I don't remember there being a road through them though...

That sounds like the right area though...

 

[mishatx]

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[jimmyjazz]

Yeah, it's probably Dittmar. We rented an apartment on Slaughter when we were remodeling our house in 2003 or so, and it seemed "close", but it was probably well over a mile away.

Could it be some of those house clusters on one big lot in Travis Heights near Stacy Park? I can't remember too many apartments near there, either, except down on Live Oak, Oltorf, etc.