Best House in West Campus
The Pink Palace
This huge, nutty structural masterpiece was built in the 1890s and was originally a boarding house located at the northwest corner of Guadalupe and 32nd before being moved west several blocks sometime in the late Sixties or early Seventies. A kitchen and central air were added, and the wraparound porch was removed. This created the infamous second-floor "door to nowhere" – which is now locked so that there will be no repeat Falling Out the Door to Nowhere Two Stories Down to the Lawn performances as there were at one time. Supposedly Janis Joplin lived in the house during some part of her time in Austin, the ashes of the original governess are spread in the yard at the current location, and there's been at least one claim of seeing a baby ghost in the third-floor tower room. Various additions and changes to the house have filled with unique touches, including secret closets and passages. It would be the perfect setting for a modern-day Hardy Boys' adventure.
Pink Palace
702 W. 32nd
