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The Commodore Perry Estate, a major early 20th-century Austin property listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is undergoing top-to-bottom restoration Built in 1928 as one of the showplaces of Austin, the elegant estate is enclosed within a private walled compound nearly ten acres in size, enjoying a degree of seclusion seldom found in such a central location.

Although the property contains a chapel and other buildings associated with it's storied past, the crown jewel is undoubtedly the imposing, two-story Perry Mansion, a 10,000-square-foot structure designed in the Mediterranean Revival style by a renowned Texas architect. Its red tile roof, arched windows, fireplaces, and hand-crafted details recall an earlier, more gracious time and place, while its name honors the Austin civic leader who built it, cotton tycoon E. H. "Commodore" Perry. Set in a lush, urban oasis with rooms ranging from the grand central hall and loggia to a cozy wood-paneled library, the Commodore Perry Estate has no equal in Central Texas.