Historic Name:	Driscoll-Sevier
		Architect | Builder:	Harvey L. Page
		Year:	1916
		Style:	Italianate
		Areas of Significance:	Art, Architecture
		City:	Austin

The grounds of the Austin Museum of Art-Laguna Gloria have delighted visitors for many years. Stephen F. Austin once owned the property, which he described as being “on the Colorado at the foot of the mountains.” In 1832, Austin wrote that he intended to build a home for himself here, but this never came to pass.

Clara Driscoll and her husband Hal Sevier, the owner of the newspaper The Statesman, purchased the property in 1914. It reminded them of Lake Como in Italy where they had honeymooned a few years earlier. In 1916 the couple built a home for themselves, designed by San Antonio architect Harvey L. Page. They named it Laguna Gloria in part after one of her family’s ranches in Duval County, “La Gloria.” The site’s proximity to water is most likely the reason they referred to it as a lagoon. Click here to read more about Clara Driscoll

AMOA-copyright 2005-photographs posted with permission.

A view of entrance from circular drive	A view of entrance
A view of the back	A view of the back
Clara Driscoll	Wood-Carved Lintel from the Alamo Presented to Clara Driscoll and carved by P. Mansbendel
	Close-up of Wood-Carved Lintel from the Alamo Presented to Clara Driscoll and carved by P. Mansbendel
A view of the Capitol Wood-carved by P. Mansbendel	A view of the Laguna Gloria Wood-carved by P. Mansbendel
A view of the Attack of Alamo Wood-carved by P. Mansbendel	Ornamental gates in main room F. Weigl?
Entry window designed as a copy of the Mission San Jose in San Antonio, Texas	Entry Floor
A view of the Laguna