The Historic Haskell House Museum is Now Open to the Public Every Other Sunday

Starting Sunday, September 11th, the Historic Haskell House, which is in the Clarksville National Register Historic District, will be open to visitors every other Sunday from 1-4, except in December when the House will be closed to the public. The House is located at 1705 Waterston Avenue. Admission is free.

A Docent will be on hand to tell visitors about the history of the House, which was built sometime between 1865 and 1869 by a formerly enslaved man and the people who lived there as well as about the founding of Clarksville in 1871 as a Texas Freedom Colony, and life in early Clarksville.

Visitors will also learn about the City of Austin’s efforts to drive Clarksville residents out of the neighborhood and into to a Negro District on the east side, how the construction of MoPac and gentrification transformed Clarksville, and about the efforts of the Clarksville Community Development Corporation to save the House.

And, visitors will be able to view the historic photos that line the walls of the House. The photos illustrate life in Clarksville from the late 1800s through the 1970s

The House is the oldest documented residence in Clarksville, a registered State of Texas historic landmark and a City of Austin landmark.