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The property continued to host various schools until 2011 when Clark Lyda, who went to high school on the property when it was the Christian Academy of Austin, purchased the lot. In 2020, after years of renovations, the Commodore Perry Estate Hotel opened.
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From 1972 to 1995 the school changed hands numerous times, serving variously as the Athens Montessori School, Austin Ballet Theatre, Christian Academy of Austin, Town and Country School, The Perry School, St. Francis School and Holy Cross High School.
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In 1949 plans were presented for what would eventually become the Commodore Perry Hotel at 8th and Brazos. This hotel would continue to operate until 1974, after which the property was redeveloped as condominiums.
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Saint Mary's Academy was the first parochial school in Austin and can trace its origins back to 1874. From 1944 to 1972 Saint Mary's Academy operated on the grounds of the former E. H. Perry Estate.
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Built, originally, as the private residence of cotton entrepreneur E. H. Perry and his family in 1928, the property was sold to Herman Heep in 1944 who, in turn, sold the property to the
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The 10-acre (40,000 m) property, located at 4100 Red River Street, originally featured guest houses, a triangular elevator, a bowling alley, and a sunken garden. The home features a
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the Sri Atmananda Memorial School, therefore if the Sri Atmananda Memorial School hosted Magic Camp for three years (prev citation) it would have needed to have been in 1997
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attended school on the property when it was Holy Cross High School together with her friend, Margaret Mary Graham, the subject of Griffith's early song
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For three years we enjoyed the beautiful indoor and outdoor facilities of the Sri Atmananda Memorial School campus at 4100 Red River in central Austin
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were responsible for the majority of the growth and development of downtown and suburban Austin from the 1920's to the 1950's.
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Sri Atmananda Memorial School was the last of a series of schools that were ran on the property prior to it becoming a hotel
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was scheduled to attend a brief reception at the Commodore Perry Hotel immediately after his planned 3:15pm arrival at
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All sessions are held on the campus of Sri Atmananda Memorial School; 4100 Red River; (Behind Hancock Center)
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who turned the property into a school - Saint Mary's Academy, which operated on the property until 1972.
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The Commodore Perry Estate Hotel's Lutie's restaurant is named after E. H. Perry's wife, Lutie Perry
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https://aubergeresorts.com/commodoreperry/press/commodore-perry-estate-opening-spring-2020/
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on August 8, 2001 and, on September 12, 2024, the hotel operating on the site received two
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Austin American Statesman, June 19, 1998: Commodore's grand mansion
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Memorial School operated on the property as a branch location of
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villa style that somewhat resembles buildings at the nearby
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named E. H. Perry a Commodore in the newly reconstituted
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The property on which the hotel sits was listed in the
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National Register of Historic Places in Austin, Texas
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Index

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Austin, Texas
USA
30°18′03″N 97°43′21″W / 30.30083°N 97.72250°W / 30.30083; -97.72250
01000874
Auberge Resorts
Hancock
Austin, Texas
National Register of Historic Places
Michelin Keys
Mediterranean
University of Texas
Waller Creek
Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin
Driskill Hotel
Beauford H. Jester
Texas Navy
John F. Kennedy
Bergstrom Air Force Base
his assassination

Folk singer
Nanci Griffith
"There's a Light Beyond these Woods (Mary Margaret)
Sri Atmananda
Sri Adwayananda Public School
Kerala
India
Fantastic Magic Camp

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