08/29/2026
This view from the Caswell House widow’s walk was captured in 1975, looking toward the Texas State Capitol.
The Caswell House was begun in 1899 and completed in 1901, little more than a decade after the new Texas Capitol was completed. More than 125 years later, the house still holds one of the most remarkable vantage points in Austin.
From the widow’s walk and through its windows, generations have looked out toward what is still, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful buildings in the state of Texas.
The skyline around it has changed dramatically, but that connection between the Caswell House and the Capitol remains — a view shared across more than a century of Austin history
