FAQ
Common questions
What the site covers, how we handle privacy, and the styles behind Austin's houses.
What is Austin Cribs?
An independent, editorial field guide to the homes and residential architecture of Austin, Texas — the building styles, the eras, the materials, and the documented historic districts that give the city's houses their character. It's part of the WholeTech Network.
Do you write about specific people's homes?
No. We cover public landmarks, documented historic districts, and architectural styles anyone can see from the sidewalk. We don't publish private residents' homes, names, or addresses, and we don't do gossip about who lives where.
Where do the photographs come from?
Every image is Creative Commons or public domain, sourced from Wikimedia Commons, with the photographer and license credited on the image and in the footer. We don't use scraped or stock photography.
What are the main Austin house styles?
Four broad eras account for most of what you'll see: high-Victorian houses from the 1850s to about 1910, the Craftsman bungalow of roughly 1910 to 1930, the post-war ranch, and the contemporary Austin vernacular of standing-seam metal, cedar, and glass. None of them ever fully disappeared from the streets.
Which historic districts should I know?
Hyde Park, the 1891 planned suburb of cottages and bungalows; Clarksville and Old West Austin, west of downtown; and the Bremond Block, a single downtown block of eleven grand Victorian houses built between the 1850s and 1910.
Who runs austincribs.com?
austincribs.com is published by the WholeTech Network, an independent Austin, Texas publisher building websites since 1996. Reach the editors at wholetechtexas@gmail.com.
Is the site free?
Yes. All content is free and open — no paywalls, no mandatory signups, no pop-ups.
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