Sneed House

"The house really deserves 3 stars in its current condition. I grew up off East Wm. Cannon and we would ride our bikes all over the place. I was 10 in 1985 and we had many “Stand By Me” moments there. I’ve read other posts about the cemetery, that’s in a different spot closer to 35 and further North. Back in the mid 80’s the house still had most of its doors and the attic loft was intact. We would tell our parents we were sleeping at each others houses and spend the night there. Enough creaks and groans of the floors and doors to convince and 10 year old the place was haunted. There was a carriage house on the site that had a couple cars from the 20’s in it. High school kids used to come around and have parties, but never hassled us for being in the same space. It was the 80’s in Austin. I was sad when I learned someone set it on fire years later, but that’s the world we live in now! Anytime I’m in the area, I drive by to check it out. It reminds me of a time where kids could be innocent and and there wasn’t so much hate. We didn’t see color and nobody in that area had green."

"The Sneed House was a beautiful historical landmark in Austin for a long time, until the large homeless camp was set up inside and out of it. It's a shame, hopefully one day we can visit and enjoy it's beauty once agian."

"In the mid 1980"s, I was 4-wheeling and found this place. At that time there were no streets or buildings. This place was in the wilderness. The house was overgrown by nature. By accident, I drove up to it. There was more of the house intact and there was a family cemetery in the yard. I cannot tell if it is still there by google maps. I hope it has not been vandalized. I was concerned a few years back that I would see an apartment building in the spot. The movie poltergeist came to mind. Happy to see that that is not the case."

"Had a magical experience here, no lie. I decided to take a little trip to Sneed house with my family and we all piled into my fancy German car for the hour long trip. When we arrived we gazed in wonder at the old dilapidated (formally pristine) building. My youngest son asked what it was used for and I told him that it had formally been a SEED and FEED shop back in the old days before things like Gucci loafers. Then our oldest asked my wife what a feed and seed shop sold. She laughed and joking told him “park avenue manicures!” I love my wife :) I only give it four stars because as we were leaving a rebellious inner cities youth on the premises yelled at us shouting “ayo can a chuck get sum f*ck and suck round here? Straight up!” It was a bit of a terrifying scene but it wasn’t near enough to detract too much from the magnificence of Sneed house."

"Never heard of this place altho I am a born and bred Austinite. It was really cool looking at this place and thinking about the history. Would love to see it better taken care of."