Get to Know Austin's Historic Bremond Block
Austin‘s Bremond Block is a historic group of 11 houses built between 1850 and 1910. These Victorian-style homes are part of one of the only remaining upper-class neighborhoods of its time.
John and Eugene Bremond, high-society Austinites in the banking and merchandising world, built these homes for themselves and their family members, and the houses are well maintained today for the viewing pleasures of passersby. The houses stand in various areas in downtown Austin, most on Guadalupe, 7th, and San Antonio Streets.
Today, local organizations and some businesses reside in the homes, which are all part of the National Register of Historic Places.
By Sarah Karney
James T. Brown House
Built in 1858, the James T. Brown House is one of the first Bremond Block homes constructed. It’s a one-story home in the Greek Revival style, with a full-width front porch and revisions later made to the back end.
James T. Brown House, 610 Guadalupe Street, Austin, TX, USA
John Bremond House
The John Bremond House is the most extravagant of all of the Bremond Block homes, built in 1886 by
George Fiegel. It boasts a cast-iron wraparound porch and balcony plus a mansard roof, and it still looks like
it did in the late 1800s. The Texas Classroom Teachers Association now owns the property.
John Bremond Jr. House, 700 Guadalupe Street, Austin, TX, USA
Phillips-Bremond-Houston House
Built in 1855, this was also one of the earliest of the Bremond Block homes constructed. Created for Dr.
William C. Phillips before Eugene Bremond bought it in 1866, it too features a full-width porch and is in the
Greek Revival style. A member of the Bremond family owned it until 1969.

Phillips-Bremond-Houston House, 706 Guadalupe Street, Austin, TX, USA
Pierre Bremond House
The last of the collection to be built – in 1898 – the Pierre Bremond House is a Late Victorian-style home
with a double gallery and tower and is of locally sourced tan brick construction. This house is another
property owned by the Texas Classroom Teachers Association.

Pierre Bremond House, 402 W 7th Street, Austin, TX, USA
Eugene Bremond House
Built in 1873 for Eugene Bremond, one of the heads of the Bremond family, this home was expanded just
four years later to reach the size it is today. It sits down the street from the North-Evans Chateau and is a
classic Victorian with Southern touches, double columns, and a large wraparound porch.

Eugene Bremond House, 404 W 7th Street, Austin, TX, USA
North Flats-Howson House
Originally built in 1879 and renovated in 2007, this house is one of the Bremond Block homes constructed or altered by the North family, specifically Harvey and Catherine North.
North Flats-Howson House, 700 San Antonio Street, Austin, TX, USA
Catherine Robinson House
Sitting next door to the Walter Bremond House, the Catherine Robinson House had a long construction
phase, beginning in 1860 and being expanded multiple times before the 1891 completion. Originally owned
by Pauline Bremond Robinson, the home was eventually passed down to her daughter, Catherine.
North Flats-Howson House, 700 San Antonio Street, Austin, TX, USA
North Cottage
Built by Harvey North in 1879, this cottage was then passed down to his widow, Catherine, after Harvey’s
death in 1881. It was originally constructed as a music studio for Athalia, their daughter, who was studying
in Europe during the construction but died from pneumonia before she could reside in it. Today, it is an
apartment building.

North Cottage, 706 San Antonio Street, Austin, TX, USA
North-Evans Chateau/Chateau Bellevue
The North-Evans Chateau now known as Chateau Bellevue is home to the Austin Women’s Club. The club purchased it from Major and Ira Evans, who originally bought the cottage in the late 1800s from the North family. It sits next door to the North Cottage.
North-Evans Chateau, 708 San Antonio St, Austin, TX, USA
Walter Bremond House
The Walter Bremond House was unveiled as a one-story limestone building. In 1897, the home received an
update with a second-story balcony, new 1.5-story addition, and an upgraded roof, which added to the home’s magnificence, built in the Second Empire architectural style of 19th-century France.
Walter Bremond House, 711 San Antonio Street, Austin, TX, USA
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For close to 100 years, the Austin Woman's Club has been collecting treasures and artifacts that have significant meaning to Chateau Bellevue. They may be in the form of artwork, architectural embellishments, light fixtures, furniture, and even people! Here we will share some of the Chateau's greatest treasures.
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Meet Athalea, our Chateau Ghost!
The North Family, the original builders of the Chateau, had several sons and one daughter. They moved to France because of the Civil War. There, Athalea, their daughter, studied piano (the house next to the Chateau was to be her "conservatory”). When the war was over the North family returned to Austin, but Athalea remained in France to continue her studies. While in France, she contracted consumption (tuberculosis) and her parents insisted she come home where the treatment for her illness would be better. Athalea did return to the United States, but she came in at Ellis Island which prohibited her from entering the USA with a communicable disease. Alas she died there, but it has been told that her spirit searched for her family and now resides in the Chateau! Over the years, many strange things have happened that have been blamed on the ghost of Athalea. Check out the video to get a glimpse of Athalea - be sure to watch to the end!
