Sixth Street

Originally named Pecan Street on Edwin Waller’s 1839 plan for Austin, Sixth Street served as a farm to market road entering the city from the east. Bringing together a diverse ethnic population, it became a center for Austin’s 19th century ...

19 N. Sixth Street

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on North Sixth Street north of East Hinson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

137 N. Sixth Street

137 N. Sixth Street

Has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Built

1916

Marker is on North Sixth Street south of Ingraham Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Sixth Street Bridge

The original Sixth Street Bridge, constructed at a cost of $72,960, opened on December 7, 1885. The structure consisted of four wrought-iron trusses which spanned the Muskingum River and one swing truss which spanned the Muskingum Improvement Canal. After only ...