The Bryker Woods Neighborhood

The Bryker Woods neighborhood in Austin is actually1886, near Kerbey Lane and Jefferson, and the
a collection of small housing developments andneighborhood is also very close to Shoal Creek, which
subdivisions, and the earliest known residents settledis a beautiful creek that runs north and south through
in the area around 1886, thus it is a very historicparts of the area. The subdivision is also very close
neighborhood, located in west central Austin. Theto Camp Mabry, the local military base, and an
neighborhood is roughly bordered by 35th Street, theinterest in patriotism inspired the early settlers to
MoPac Expressway, Westover, and Lamar, and thisdesignate the streets by using the names of
neighborhood is adjacent to some of the mostprevious presidents. Three examples are Harrison,
historic neighborhoods in Austin, including PembertonMadison, and Jefferson, which are all streets in the
Heights and the Old Enfield neighborhoods.Bryker Woods subdivision, as well as Pershing and
The neighborhood was founded when theFunston, two nearby streets named for American
fourteen-lot William Thiele subdivision was platted inmilitary generals.