About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At dusk in West Austin, when most title companies were quieting down for the day, Patten Title Company’s lights stayed on late into the night. A regular noticed that one particular employee never seemed to leave—always working diligently until midnight or later. One evening, as he walked home through the empty streets, he heard faint music coming from inside the office. Curious, he peered through the window and saw an old gramophone playing jazz tunes while our dedicated worker was dancing around like nobody was watching. Turns out, she was just having a secret dance party after hours! The next morning, everyone at Patten Title Company had a new story to tell—and a smile on their faces.
2. At Patten Title Company, one morning a delivery driver noticed something odd on the bulletin board: ‘Lucky Find Your Dream Home Today!’ Below it was scribbled in marker, ‘Or risk being stuck here forever.’ Curious, the driver asked an old neighbor passing by. With a twinkle in her eye, she whispered, 'Oh that? That's just Mr. Patten's way of keeping people focused on finding their dream home.' The end result: everyone left happy and none were ever trapped.
3. At Patten Title Company, one day an employee heard a strange clicking sound coming from the basement. Curious, they went down to investigate and found nothing out of place—until noticing that every time someone signed a document, the clicks got louder. Finally, after hours of puzzling, they realized it was just the old typewriter in the storage room, which had been dusted off for some long-forgotten legal forms. Every signature triggered its ancient mechanism, producing those mysterious clicks. From then on, whenever anyone visited the basement, they brought their own pen—and maybe a joke or two.
4. At dawn in West Austin, when Patten Title Company’s doors were just opening, a delivery driver found himself staring up at a mysterious shadow moving across the wall. The shadow turned out to be an oversized fly caught in the fluorescent lights. The delivery driver laughed it off, thinking it was just another quirky West Austin moment. As he walked inside, a friendly neighbor asked if he’d seen any strange shadows too—apparently, they were all talking about it over breakfast.