Our Organization
Save Austin’s Cemeteries (SAC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving historic cemeteries in Austin through documentation and education, and to promote historic cemeteries of Austin as local and state cultural resources. Members and volunteers donate their time and talents to better document the condition and inventory at cemeteries and to provide education and awareness.
Goals:
Develop Cemetery Master Plan
Identify Key Preservation Issues
Build Community Support through Education and Membership
Current Projects:
Site Analysis of each City Cemetery for Master Plan Development
Restoration of the Oakwood Chapel Building
Walking Tour Programs
Oakwood Headstone Documentation
City Cemeteries of Austin
Oakwood (established 1839)
Oakwood Annex (established 1914)
Evergreen/Highland (established 1926)
Austin Memorial Park (acquired 1941)
Plummers (acquired 1957)
City of Austin Cemeteries Presentation** 10 MB download
