Green Pastures (Austin, Texas)

Green Pastures is a historic Victorian home housing a restaurant of the same name in south Austin, Texas neighborhood of Bouldin Creek.

Herndon, the house sat on 23 acres (93,000 m2) bordering a wooded area to the south.

The Green Pastures restaurant opened in the building in 1946, serving a range of comfort food, and was notable for serving to customers of all races, 18 years before other establishments in Austin were desegregated by law.

Location for the 1988 film Heartbreak Hotel and childhood residence of the activist, author and radio show host John Henry Faulk.

Mary wrote historical collection of recipes 'The Texas Cookbook' with the help of the author James Beard.