Chateau Bellevue - Austin Woman's Club

09/29/2025

This preservation project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

09/09/2025

✨Step back into the past at Chateau Bellevue!✨

Join us for Museum Day at the Austin Woman’s Club on Saturday, September 21 from 1-4 PM. Explore our 1800’s home with docent-led tours, enjoy live piano music, children’s activities, and beautiful historic details like stained glass artwork and woodwork!

🎟️ Free admission - fun for all ages!

📍 708 San Antonio St, Austin, TX 78701

08/14/2025

🗝️✨ CHATEAU SECRETS ✨🪞

Did you know that Austin Woman’s Club, which purchased Chateau Bellevue in 1929 and has maintained it ever since, awards a scholarship annually?

The Emilie Wheelock Howson/Mohrmann Scholarship was established to honor the first financial secretary of the Woman’s Club, who donated funds toward the club’s addition to the home, which included the ballroom, elevator, and parking lot.

As the Woman’s Club is dedicated to the preservation of the mansion, the Austin Woman’s Club Howson/Mohrmann Scholarship acknowledges female students currently attending the University of Texas at Austin who are graduating seniors or current graduate students. Applicants must be graduates of a high school in Texas and they must be pursuing a graduate degree in architecture or historical preservation.

Austin Woman’s Club has not only been preserving Chateau Bellevue for decades — it has also been supporting the future of historical preservation and young women in the community.

‼️ For more information on the Howson/Mohrmann Scholarship, please visit austinwomansclub.com/scholarship!

08/11/2025

✨ Love, history, and skyline views ✨

There’s nothing quite like saying “I do” at Chateau Bellevue, a breathtaking 1874 French Romanesque landmark in the heart of Downtown Austin. With its timeless architecture, lush courtyard, and the iconic Austin skyline just steps away, Chateau Bellevue is a venue like no other. Whether you’re dreaming of a fairytale wedding or a corporate event, Chateau Bellevue offers the perfect blend of historic charm and city sparkle! 🌆💍
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08/07/2025

✨ Looking for the perfect place to host your fall event? ✨

Chateau Bellevue, a historic venue in the heart of Downtown Austin, is now booking limited remaining dates for the fall/winter 2025 season! Whether you’re planning a wedding, corporate event, or celebration, our timeless architecture and elegant charm set the stage for something truly special.

📅 Don’t wait—these dates won’t last!
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08/06/2025

🗝️✨CHATEAU SECRETS✨🪞

Did you know that carved fretwork was a status symbol for Victorian families?

Major Ira Evans renovated Chateau Bellevue in 1892, updating the interior in the Late Victorian Romanesque style. One of the finest additions was the hand carved cherry fretwork decorating the staircase to the bedrooms on the third floor. Fretwork is an interlaced decorative design that is either carved in low relief on a solid background or cut out with a fretsaw, coping saw, jigsaw, or scroll saw.

Not wanting to damage the spectacular fretwork, Evans added a small porch and entry on the east side of the house and installed a pulley system to lift trunks and luggage to the third floor.

The Austin Woman’s Club was fortunate to find an artisan skilled in fretwork who happened to have the proper wood scraps to repair a few broken places several years ago. Unsurprisingly, the cherry fretwork is now a popular backdrop during photoshoots at the Chateau!
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08/01/2025

Get to Know the Chateau August 2025 - https://mailchi.mp/austinwomansclub.com/get-to-know-the-chateau-july-17996992

07/25/2025

🗝️✨ CHATEAU SECRETS ✨🪞

Did you know Chateau Bellevue was once home to Ira Hobart Evans—a Civil War brevet major, businessman, and legislator?

After serving in the Union Army, receiving a Medal of Honor, Evans made Texas his home and spent decades quietly shaping Austin’s future. Evans became Texas’ youngest-ever speaker of the House and helped develop railroads across the state. If his resume wasn’t already impressive enough, he was also a cofounder and director of the Austin National Bank.

Plus, Evans played a key role in supporting education for African Americans during Reconstruction and later became a trustee of Huston-Tillotson, now one of the nation’s most respected Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

From battlefields to boardrooms to Bellevue, Evans made his mark on Austin history!

04/22/2025

Women In Hats and a UT Med School Expansion at Chateau Bellevue!

See the terrific Easter hats and pictures from the April 17th Dell Medical School MD Anderson Expansion presentation with Paul S. Mueller, MD, MPH, FACP with Kristin Davis at the Austin Woman's Club.

Click here for pictures: https://www.austinwomansclub.com/gallery -DellMedicalSchoolMDAndersonExpansion

04/01/2025

Get to Know the Chateau April 2025 -

Our historic venue is ready to host your most memorable occasions, from elegant corporate gatherings to unforgettable special events. With our timeless charm and enhanced offerings, there’s no better place to celebrate. Please submit an inquiry through the Contact Page for more information or book...

03/17/2025

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we’re obsessed with this gorgeous emerald green dress. It’s the perfect pop of color against the rich, historic beauty of our hand carved pocket doors! ✨🍀

Did you know in traditional Irish weddings, ringing small bells is believed to ward off evil spirits and bring harmony to the couple’s marriage. Some brides even carry tiny bells in their bouquets for extra luck 🔔💚

03/14/2025

Classic architecture, timeless romance. Chateau Bellevue is where love and history come together ✨🕊️
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