A campus with a local legacy
Austin ISD’s Legacy Schools page lists Dawson Elementary’s years as 1971–2026 and links transition information. Older school-program descriptions should not be treated as current enrollment options.[3]
Austin neighborhood field guide
Dawson
Get to know the local places, then explore what the public record says: construction, restaurant inspection scores and beverage receipts, with dates and sources beside the data.
About this mapped area City boundary · September 22, 2021
Dawson is one of 65 named areas in the City of Austin Neighborhood Planning Areas boundary dataset. The saved source records its planning status as plan approved. These mapped categories differ from colloquial neighborhood names. Districts people name in conversation, like South Congress, Rainey Street or the Sixth Street entertainment district, are not separate areas in this dataset; they sit inside a planning area or straddle two. This boundary is a single polygon in the city's file, with ordinance 19980827-B recorded in the source, and the city last modified it on . The dataset stores the name as DAWSON.
The local field guide
Dawson: school legacy and neighborhood change
Dawson’s former elementary campus is entering a new chapter. Austin ISD now includes Dawson Elementary in its legacy-school history and publishes a dedicated repurposing process for the site. Read that current district record alongside the neighborhood’s long-established city plan.
4 linked sources · CheckedFollow the site’s next chapter
The district says its board approved a fee-simple sale of the Dawson property on June 18, 2026, and that a request for proposals has been released. The page describes the process; it does not establish a completed sale or a finished new use.[2]
A plan dating to 1998
The city records adoption of the Dawson Neighborhood Plan on August 27, 1998. Its planning resources link amendments, the future land-use map and implementation recommendations for understanding neighborhood change.[1]
Plan a little better
Before you go
- Check current school assignments
- Use Austin ISD’s current School Finder and transition information for enrollment questions. The neighborhood name and the former campus do not establish a student’s current assigned school.[3][4]
- Check site-use guidance first
- The district’s repurposing page links schoolyard-use rules and a channel for maintenance or access concerns. Confirm permitted access before treating the former campus as a place to visit.[2]
A few things to know
Where can I follow Dawson Elementary’s repurposing?
Austin ISD’s Dawson repurposing page publishes board action, the request for proposals, evaluation materials and community-feedback context. Consult it for current process updates.[2]
Sources & research notes
Local context is based on the sources below. Confirm current access, schedules, and reservations with the operator. Civic figures elsewhere on this page retain their own reporting periods.
- Dawson — City planning resourcesCity of Austin · Checked 2026-09-05
- Repurposing Dawson Elementary School | Austin ISDAustin ISD · Checked 2026-09-05
- Legacy Schools | Austin ISDAustin ISD · Checked 2026-09-05
- Find Your School | Austin ISDAustin ISD · Checked 2026-09-05
What the public record says about Dawson
- City of Austin Development Services has issued 2,052 building permits that it has geocoded inside the Dawson planning-area boundary, the earliest dated August 28, 1978 and the most recent September 30, 2026, for a combined declared construction value of $287,392,061. Declared value is the figure an applicant puts on the permit application — not market value and not finished cost. Counted over every issue date in the city’s Issued Construction Permits dataset (3syk-w9eu), building permits only. Placing a permit inside a boundary needs a mapped coordinate, and about one building permit in seven (13.8% of them, as published on 2026-07-26) carries no location at all — those rows cannot be placed in any neighbourhood, here or anywhere else, so this is a count of geocoded permits rather than of every permit issued. How busy it is now is a different question, and the list below is the honest answer to it: the 25 most recently issued permits here were all issued since January 9, 2026.
- The 1 most recent restaurant inspections we could place inside this boundary run from August 26, 2026 to August 26, 2026, averaging 94 out of 100. Austin Public Health publishes these in irregular batches, historically weeks after the visit, and this page lists at most 15 — so that count is the size of our list, not the number of restaurants in Dawson. A score is a single-visit snapshot.
- Of the 100 highest-grossing mixed-beverage filers the Texas Comptroller lists for ZIP 78704, 78701, 78741, 78744, 78745, 1 sit inside this boundary. The newest filing in that set is August 2026. Per-venue figures are gross receipts reported to the Comptroller, summed over each venue’s own filing months — never a total for Dawson. Filings are monthly and land three to four weeks late.
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Map of the Dawson boundary
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Boundary drawn from City of Austin Neighborhood Planning Areas, as last modified September 22, 2021. Markers are placed from geocoded street addresses, so a record whose address we cannot geocode is listed below but not pinned. The panels under the map are the full text equivalent.
Building permits
The 25 most recently issued inside this boundary (page limit 25)
2026-125115 BPActive
3115 S 1ST ST UNIT 101A
CHANGE OF USE RETAIL TO RESTAURANT will be a small primarily grab and go QSR see operations document attached for more detailed information
Sep 30Remodel
2026-120981 BPActive
412 KREBS LN
Total Demo of a SFR 1061 sqft built in 1958
***The building shall not be demolished until after the contractor has fulfilled the neighbor notification requirements outlined in Steps 5 & 6 of the Demolition webpage. ***
Sep 18Demolition$0 declared
2026-118465 BPActive
2510 EUCLID AVE
Express - Foundation Repair
Sep 16Repair$1 declared
2026-115838 BPActive
3100 BRINWOOD AVE
Total demo of sfr 1000 sq ft circa 1961
***The building shall not be demolished until after the contractor has fulfilled the neighbor notification requirements outlined in Steps 5 & 6 of the Demolition webpage. ***
Sep 4Demolition$0 declared
2026-116266 BPActive
303 BEN HOWELL DR
Pool- In-ground pool with concrete deck pool coping equipment pad.
Sep 4New$0 declared
2026-111483 BPFinal
409 LIGHTSEY RD
Express: Tub to shower conversion replace valve with new shower valve
Aug 26Repair$1 declared
2026-097213 BPActive
507 KREBS LN
Partial demolition of existing 1-story single family residence. Addition/remodel kitchen and floor plan remodel add bathrooms replace covered porch and carport addition of master bedroom and bathroom. 3 bedrooms 3 bathrooms
Aug 10Addition and Remodel$1 declared
2026-098884 BPActive
2711 LA MESA DR
Pool 38x18ft with autofil gas heater and automatic electric pool cover. Equipment pad 6x6ft (36 sq ft)
Jul 30New$0 declared
2022-061746 BPActive
219 LESSIN LN BLDG 9
New 2-Story Condominium.
Unit to have (3) Bedrooms (3.5) Bathrooms (1) Attached Garage(1) Covered Carport (1) Uncovered Parking Covered Entry Porch (1) Uncovered Balcony Uncovered Patio Uncovered Deck
Plan Type A: 219 Lessin Lane Building # 9. Building Height 23ft-8¿ Maximum Height: 35ft. Required Parking 3. Required FFE: 639.50- above MSL. Site Plan#: SP-2020-0364C. Expiration Date:10/24/2024
Jul 1New$642K declared
2026-061366 BPActive
2913 1/2 S 1ST ST
Installation of 18 EV charging stalls and associated electrical equipment. Renovation and reinforcing of existing retaining wall.
May 19Remodel
2026-061165 BPFinal
3715 S 1ST ST UNIT A
Interior remodel of an existing ground floor commercial space suite A within the Tree Apartments multi family residential building. Scope of work excludes kitchen back of house areas
May 18Remodel
2026-047651 BPFinal
403 EL PASO ST
Express: Replace tub to shower; replace valve with new shower valve
Apr 17Repair$1 declared
2026-044461 BPFinal
3820 S CONGRESS AVE BLDG 2
Interior Non-Structural Demolition
Apr 13Interior Demo Non-Structural$12K declared
2026-038421 BPFinal
125 FREDERICK ST
Express: Foundation repair (installing steel piers)
Mar 31Repair$1 declared
2025-111401 BPActive
512 POWELL CIR
New 2 story SFR 3 bed 3.5 bath with attached garage
Mar 2New$0 declared
2025-111402 BPActive
512 POWELL CIR
Detached wood deck to rear of SFR
Mar 2New$0 declared
2026-024646 BPFinal
2903 BRINWOOD AVE
new in ground pool (135sqft) and equipment pad
Mar 2New$0 declared
2025-111403 BPActive
512 POWELL CIR
New in ground pool and spa with required enclosure device
Feb 25New$0 declared
2024-003636 BPExpired
136 FREDERICK ST
New construction two-family residential duplex 2-story 5 bedroom (Unit A: 3 bedroom; Unit B: 2 bedroom) 2.5 bath (both units) with attached 1-car garage (unit A) covered front porch (both units) and balcony (both units).
Feb 20New$1 declared
2026-008081 BPActive
2404 EUCLID AVE BLDG 2
ePlan: Residential Expedited Review - New construction of a 2-Story Single Family Res. [4bed 4.5bath] with Attached Carport. Bldg 2
Feb 5New$0 declared
2026-008082 BPActive
2404 EUCLID AVE
ePlan: Residential Expedited Review - New Autofill/Heated Pool.
Feb 5New$0 declared
2026-008080 BPActive
2404 EUCLID AVE
ePlan: Residential Expedited Review - New construction of a 2-Story Single Family Res. [3bed 3.5bath] with Attached Carport.
Jan 27New$0 declared
2026-006976 BPActive
408 CHERRY HILL DR
Thorough remodeling of ground floor and addition of a new second floor directly on top of ground floor that is identical in size and shape to the ground floor. The ground floor will hold a total of 1 bedroom and 1.5 bathrooms and the second floor will have 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms upon completion.
Jan 26Addition and Remodel$1 declared
2026-001343 BPFinal
2607 STACY LN UNIT A
Addition/Interior Remodel - Interior Remodel with deck and balcony addition to existing wood frame stucco residence.
Jan 12Addition and Remodel$1 declared
2026-001123 BPFinal
2404 EUCLID AVE
Total demo of SFR 1050 sq ft circa 1947 Total demo of a terrace covered 440 sq ft circa 1947 Total demo of uncovered deck 238 sq ft circa 1947
***The building shall not be demolished until after the contractor has fulfilled the neighbor notification requirements outlined in Steps 5 & 6 of the Demolition webpage.***
Jan 9Demolition$0 declared
Restaurant inspections
Austin Public Health · up to 15 most recent inside this boundary
Registered projects
Texas Dept. of Licensing & Regulation filings · up to 15 inside this boundary
GILT NAIL SALON517 W OLTORF, Austin, TX 78704, AustinOct 20Renovation/Alteration$100K estimated (continues on zabalist.com)GILLIS NEIGHBORHOOD PARK -PLAYSCAPE IMPR2504 SOUTH DURWOOD AVE., Austin, TX 78704, AustinOct 16Renovation/Alteration$160K estimated (continues on zabalist.com)DR. ADAM GUTWEIN3100 SOUTH CONGRESS, Austin, TX 78704, AustinSep 8Renovation/Alteration$197K estimated (continues on zabalist.com)KING FOOD MART2907 S. 1ST ST., Austin, TX 78704, AustinSep 4Renovation/Alteration$140K estimated (continues on zabalist.com)GREAT NAILS & SPA ADDITIONS2911 S. 1ST STREET, Austin, TX 78704, AustinFeb 20Additions to Existing Building$375K estimated (continues on zabalist.com)HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RE-STORE AND HQ500 WEST BEN WHITE BLVD., Austin, TX 78704, AustinSep 17Renovation/Alteration$1.5M estimated (continues on zabalist.com)HONSET FAMILY DENTAL500 E. BEN WHITE, SUITE 400, Austin, TX 78704, AustinMay 2Renovation/Alteration$175K estimated (continues on zabalist.com)
Bars & restaurants filing receipts
Texas Comptroller mixed-beverage filers we placed inside this boundary
1 of 100 filers in ZIP 78704, 78701, 78741, 78744, 78745 placed inside this boundary. Each venue’s figure is its own gross receipts over its own filing months — there is deliberately no area total, because this is a sample, not a census.
Dawson: questions people actually ask
Is Dawson an official Austin neighborhood?
Dawson is one of 65 named areas in the City of Austin neighborhood-planning boundary dataset. Its status in the saved source is plan approved. Inclusion in this file does not by itself mean a neighborhood plan was adopted. Well-known districts such as South Congress, Rainey Street and the Sixth Street entertainment district are not separate areas in this dataset; they sit inside a planning area, or straddle two. The Dawson boundary is a single polygon in the source file. The city last modified it on September 22, 2021.
Which ordinances are recorded for Dawson?
City of Austin ordinance number 19980827-B is recorded against this planning area in the city's Neighborhood Planning Areas dataset, with planning status plan approved.
How much construction is happening in Dawson?
City of Austin Development Services has issued 2,052 building permits that it has geocoded inside the Dawson planning-area boundary, the earliest dated August 28, 1978 and the most recent September 30, 2026, for a combined declared construction value of $287,392,061. Declared value is the figure the applicant put on the permit application, not market value or finished cost. Counted from the city's Issued Construction Permits dataset (3syk-w9eu), building permits only, over every issue date in that dataset. The boundary test needs a mapped coordinate, and about one building permit in seven (13.8% as published on 2026-07-26) carries no location, so those rows cannot be placed in any neighbourhood and are not in this figure.
What ZIP codes cover Dawson?
No ZIP code centroid falls inside the Dawson boundary, so we search the 5 nearest instead: 78704, 78701, 78741, 78744, 78745. We match ZIP codes to planning areas by testing each ZIP's centroid against the boundary polygon, so a large ZIP can overlap an area without its centre landing inside it. Use the boundary, not the ZIP, as the authority.