Cambridge Tower

Cambridge Tower is a building in Austin, Texas, United States, that opened in 1965 as a luxury apartment tower. The building was designed by Dallas-based architect Thomas E.

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Type: Apartment building
Description: building in Austin, Travis County, Texas
Address: 1801 Lavaca Street, Austin, TX 78701

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bullock Texas State History Museum and Texas State Capitol.

Bullock Texas State History Museum

Museum

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The Bullock Texas State History Museum is a history museum in Austin, Texas. The museum, located a few blocks north of the Texas State Capitol at 1800 North Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, is dedicated to interpreting the continually unfolding "Story of Texas" to the broadest possible audience through meaningful educational experiences. Bullock Texas State History Museum is situated 420 feet east of Cambridge Tower.

Texas State Capitol

Government building

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The Texas State Capitol is the capitol and seat of government of the U.S. state of Texas. Located in downtown Austin, Texas, the structure houses the offices and chambers of the Texas Legislature and of the Governor of Texas. Texas State Capitol is situated 2,200 feet south of Cambridge Tower.

Harry Ransom Center

Museum

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The Harry Ransom Center, known as the Humanities Research Center until 1983, is an archive, library, and museum at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in the collection of literary and cultural artifacts from the Americas and Europe for the purpose of advancing the study of the arts and humanities. Harry Ransom Center is situated 1,300 feet north of Cambridge Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include UT and the Drag and Downtown Austin.

UT and the Drag

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The University of Texas and the Drag form a district of Austin. This article also covers the "West Campus" and "North University" neighborhoods.

Downtown Austin

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Downtown Austin is a district of Austin, Texas, west of IH-35, north of Lady Bird Lake, and south of MLK Street.

Austin

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Austin is a city of about 1,054,000 surpassing Fort Worth to become the 4th most populous city in Texas. It is on the southeast edge of the Hill Country region of Texas, making it the fourth-largest city in the state and the 11th-largest in the country.

Cambridge Tower

Categories: building and residential building
Location: Travis, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

30.28073° or 30° 16′ 51″ north

Longitude

-97.74041° or 97° 44′ 26″ west

Inception

1965

Levels

Height

180 feet (55 metres)

Open location code

862477J5+7R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 516187606

OpenStreetMap feature

building=apartments

Wikidata ID

Q18386271

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