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Resolution #2381
July 24, 1986
Agenda Item #13
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the Mayor of the City of Lubbock BE and is hereby authorized
and directed to execute for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock an
Application by the City of Lubbock to the Texas Historical Comanission for
Certified Local Government Status in accordance with the National
Historic Preservation Act of 1966, said application being attached
herewith, which shall be spread upon the minutes of the Council and as
spread upon the minutes of this Council shall constitute and be a part of
this Resolution as if fully copied herein in detail.
Passed by the City Council this 24th____ day of July 1986.
B. C. MCMINN, MAYOR
Ranette Boyd, City Se&etaryo
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Jim Bertram, Assistant City
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Laura J. Mo e, Assistant
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Resolution #2381
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For Your Informaf101n
CURTIS TUNNELL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
P.O. BOX 12276 AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711 (512) 475-3092
July 24, 1985
Mayor Alan Henry
City of Lubbock
P.O. Box 2000
Lubbock, TX 79457
Dear Mayor Henry:
I am writing you regarding a recent and significant change in the structure
of state and local historic preservation activities which has been brought
about by amendments to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.
This act, which has served as the basis for all federal and state historic
preservation activity, was amended by the U.S. Congress in 1980. One of
the key amendments establishes a framework which will closely integrate the
historic preservation activities of state and local governments. This
partnership is to be implemented by the Texas Historical Commission through
the review and approval of applications by cities for Certified Local
Government status. The term "Certified Local Government", as defined in
rules prepared by the National Park Service, refers to those city
governments whose preservation programs meet the following criteria. The 1
local government shall:
(1) enforce appropriate state or local legislation for the
designation and protection of historic properties;
(2) establish, by state or local law, an adequate and qualified
review commission comprised of professional and lay members;
(3) maintain a system for the survey and inventory of historic
properties; and
(4) provide for adequate public participation in the historic
preservation process, including the process of nominating properties to
the National Register of Historic Places.
All Certified Local Governments will become eligible to apply for federal
historic preservation funds allocated annually to the Texas Historical
Commission. Federal regulations require that at least 10 percent of the
annual Historic Preservation Fund grant to each state be set aside for use
by Certified Local Governments. This grant money, which must be matched on
a 50-50 basis, must be used on projects which will produce tangible results
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and further local and state goals of historic preservation; such as the
identification, evaluation, designation, and protection of the locality's
historic cultural resources. Such activities include technical or
professional assistance for the local historic preservation program,
completion or updating of the survey and inventory of historic resources,
nomination of properties to the National Register, the development or
updating of a historic preservation plan, and educational activities,
programs, and publications.
The Certified Local Government program also provides for the direct
participation of the local historic preservation program in the nomination
of properties to the National Register of Historic Places. Prior to the
passage of the amendments to the National Historic Preservation Act, there
was no provision for local input in the National Register process.
I am enclosing copies of the Federal regulations for the Certified Local
Government program, as well as the rules adopted by the Texas Historical
Commission for the implementation of the program in the state of Texas.
The latter document details the specific requirements which must be met in
order to qualify for Certified Local Government status in Texas. An
application form for the program is also enclosed, which must be signed by
you as the chief elected official of your city, and returned along with the
supporting documents required to my office. Further information on the
Certified Local Government process in Texas can be obtained by contacting
the National Register Department of the Texas Historical Commission at
512/475-3094. We feel that this program will lead to a stronger historic
preservation program at both state and local levels in Texas, and we look
forward to working with many Texas cities as Certified Local governments in
the coming years.
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Enclosures
Sincerely,
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Curtis Tunnell
Executive Director
Resolution #2381
HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK
The Lubbock Urban Design and Historic Preservation
Commission is appointed as a recommending body by the Lubbock
City Council to administer the City's Design -Historic Zoning
Ordinance. Members of the Commission have "knowledge and
experience in the architectural, landscape architectural,
archaeological, cultural, social, economic, ethnic or political
history of Lubbock." The Commission must include at least one
representative from the fields of architecture, urban planning,
history or political science, archaeology or paleontology,
sociology or anthropology, building construction, and landscape
architecture. The four members at -large must have a demonstrated
interest in history and historic preservation. The Director of
Planning, Building Inspection Administrator, and Zoning
Administrator of the City of Lubbock are ex -officio members of
the Commission, as are representatives of local groups such as
the Lubbock County Historical Commission, Lubbock Heritage
Society, Ranching Heritage Association, West Texas Museum
Association, Lubbock Board of Realtors, Lubbock Chamber of
Commerce, Lubbock Association of Mortgage -Lending Institutions,
and the Lubbock Chapter, American Institute of Architects.
The idea for the Urban Design and Historic Preservation
Commission originated with the Chamber of Commerce Committee 170,
which published Iubbock_g Qoa?s for the Seventies_ in 1969. The
Goals committee on Cultural Activities urged creation of a
"Commission on Architecture and Urban Design" for the City. In
the 19701s, local cultural resource information was increased
with the publication of a Historic Site Survey and an
Architectural Site Survey of Lubbock. A chapter on Urban Design
was included in the 1974 Land RagLanof the Lu c
ComArehe sive Plan, and the Urban I &,ge Analysig was completed as
a supplementary volume to the Plan.
In recognition of the increased interest in urban design and
historic preservation, the 1975 update of the Lubbock Zoning
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Ordinance included a reserve chapter on "design historic
district" zoning. With this provision, an urban design and
historic preservation ordinance that provided protection for
historic landmarks in addition to the existing "use" zoning would
be added at a later date.
In January, 1977, the City Council passed a resolution
creating an "Urban Design Advisory Committee" to make
recommendations to the Council on the creation of the reserve
section of the Zoning Ordinance. In the resolution, the Council
recognized the desirability and advisability of protecting
historic sites and "areas of lasting aesthetic quality having
special interest or value to the citizens of Lubbock." In 1977
and 1978, the study committee researched and formulated a
proposed Urban Design and Historic Preservation Ordinance. After
public hearings, the completed ordinance was reviewed by the
Planning and Zoning Commission and recommended to the City
Council.
In August, 1978, the City Council passed the Historical
Preservation and Urban Design District Ordinance as an addition
to the Lubbock Zoning Ordinance. The ordinance authorized
Design -Historic Zoning and created the Urban Design and Historic
Preservation Commission. The original Commission was appointed
by the Council in september, 1978, and held an initial meeting in
December 1978. (A complete list of Commission members is
attached)
The first Lubbock Historic Landmark, the Fort Worth and
Denver South Plains Railway Depot, was designated in August,
1979. To date (July 1986) 31 additional Historic Landmarks have
been designated by the City Council on the recommendation of the
Urban Design and Historic Preservation Commission. These include
structures as diverse as the first Black hospital in West Texas
and the first highway bridge across Yellowhouse Canyon, as well
as residences and commercial buildings.
Many of the designated Historic Landmarks have received
plaques in a joint venture between the City and individual
property owners. At a ceremony at the Austin Brothers Bridge in
the Canyon Lake Project, in May, 1982, the first Lubbock Historic
Landmark plaques were dedicated. The cast aluminum markers
adorned with the Commission logo designed by Commission member
Chris Gelin, enable the public to recognize and be informed about
the various Historic Landmark structures. The plaques are funded
equally by the City, using federal Revenue Sharing funds, and the
property owners.
In addition to recognition and protection of Historic
Landmarks, the Urban Design and Historic Preservation Commission
has participated in other activities to promote public awareness
of historic preservation and urban design. The Commission has
sponsored an exhibit at the Lubbock Arts Festival each year since
the event's inception. Exhibit topics have included Lubbock
history, historic architecture, Lubbock's brick streets, Broadway
renovation, and Central Business District revitalization.
Though the primary focus of the Commission has been
recognition and preservation of historic buildings, it has
recently made recommendations for urban design projects. In
February 1982, the City Council passed a resolution providing for
the preservation and maintenance of Lubbock's brick streets, a
recommendation which originated from the Urban Design and
Historic Preservation Commission. The Commission has
participated in the formulation of a Broadway Corridor plan to
create a visual link from the Central.Business District to Texas
Tech University, with renovation of the brick street surface,
addition of street furnishings, and improved landscaping as key
elements.
The City of Lubbock staff, with the assistance and support
of the Commission, has continued to update the basic historic and
architectural site surveys conducted in the 1970s. In 1984 and
1985, a major update was completed with two grants-in-aid from
the Texas Historical Commission.Several square miles of the
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city were reexamined, many historic buildings were photographed
and several hundred Texas Historic Site Survey cards completed.
The staff also provides support to owners of historic properties,
and attempts to encourage and assist owners in renovation and
adaptive use projects.
The Commission continues to respond to the direction set
forth in Lubbock Goal's for the Seventies. The Goals stated:
"Inasmuch as the quality of life of an entire citizenry can be
affected by the quality.of its surroundings, we believe that
beauty of environment is a subtle but all -pervasive influence in
the cultural atmosphere of nay city." It further stressed: "The
lack of coordinated... urban design can affect adversely not only
the economic progress of a city but the quality of life itself."
The Urban Design and Historic Preservation Commission continues
to pursue improvement of the quality of life in Lubbock, while
preserving and protecting elements of the City's heritage for
future generations.
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LUBBOCK HISTORIC LANDMARKS
1. Fort Worth and Denver South Plain Railway Depot
1801 Avenue G
Date Designated: August 91 1979
Spanish Renaissance Revival style passenger and freight depot
built 1928 for $45,889. Built of buff brick and cast stone with
a red tile roof, and very similar to the Texas Tech buildings.
Architect Wyatt C. Hedrick of Fort Worth also designed the
Administration Building on Texas Tech Campus and many other
buildings in Lubbock. Built by F.A. Mote of Dallas. Completion
of the Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway to Lubbock in
1928 provided the city (population 20,000) with a second major
rail connection and an expanded trade area. Abandoned 1953 and
adapted for restaurant use in 1976 in one of the first adaptive
use projects in Lubbock. Declared the first Lubbock Historic
Landmark in August 1979.
2. Lubbock Women's Club
2020 Broadway
Date Designated: September 13, 1979
Colonial Revival structure constructed 1941 as the Plains Funeral
Home. Purchased 1949 by the Lubbock Women's Club for $50,000.
Has since been used as a meeting place for the various women's
organizations belonging to the club. The member organizations
have contributed significantly to the social and cultural life of
Lubbock. The building is located on Broadway in an area of the
city's early growth and development. Built in a semi -residential
style that fits the neighborhood at a time when the residences on
the street were being converted to commercial uses.
3. Miller/Loter Home
2323 18th Street
Date Designated: November 81 1979
Clay tile and stucco house built in 1927 by W.E. Bullard for
William J. Miller from Miller's own design. Miller, first Dean
of Engineering at Texas Technological College, designed the house
with elements of Mission and Pueblo styling to be compatible with
the buildings on the Tech campus. In the early 19301s, Miller
sold the house to his sister and her husband, Charles Bullen,
head of the Electrical Engineering Department at Tech.
4. Walker/Etz Home
2003 17th Street
Date Designated: November 8, 1979
Architect O.R. Walker designed this house as his personal
residence in 1937. Sampson Brothers constructed the Moderne
style brick house, which included advanced stylistic features
such as corner windows, glass blocks, a flat roof and low relief
brick ornamentation. The house is one of the few residential
examples of Moderne style in Lubbock. George W. Etz, an
independent oil man, and his wife purchased the house from Walker
in 1941 and have lived there for over 40 years.
5. Bacon/Nislar/Napier Home
2313 17th Street
Date Designated: November 8, 1979
Tudor Revival style house built 1929 by contractor F.L. Jones for
L.C. Bacon of the Butler -Bacon Lumber Company. House purchased
1935 by J.N. Nislar, partner in Nislar Hardware and Lubbock
Implement Company. The Nislar Brothers introduced power -driven
farm implements to the South Plains area. The house is a good
example of the modest, but solidly constructed brick Tudor
Revival homes built in Lubbock in the late 1920s.
6. St. Paul's on the Plains Episcopal Church
1510 Avenue X
Date Designated: November 8, 1979
Georgian Revival style church built 1941 in Lubbock's first
residential neighborhood subdivision. Prominent contractor J.B.
Maxey built the church from architect Carl Svenson's plans. The
$20,000 structure is the third building to house the
congregation. The original church, begun as a mission in 1910,
was located at 15th Street and Avenue 0. St. Paul's is exemplary
of the important role of religion in the development of Lubbock.
Several additions have been made to the church in the same style
as the original building.
7. Tara West
5130 4th Street
Date Ordinanced: February 4, 1980
Federal Revival style brick house constructed in 1941 by
baseball's legendary."Old John" Ring as a dream house for his
wife. Mrs. Ring designed it as a replica of Tara from Gone with
the Wind. For the second owners, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Armstrong,
Tara represented a fulfillment of Mrs. Armstrong's desire to
return to the lifestyle her grandparents had known in the Old
South. Adapted for restaurant use in 1980, Tara continues to
represent a lifestyle immortalized in Gone With the Wind.
8. Baker Building
1211 13th Street
Date Ordinanced: December 8, 1980
Constructed 1928 by prominent builder J. B. Maxey for Norton
Baker, Sr., owner of Baker'Furniture. Spanish Colonial Revival
styling is evident in the ornate doorway and roof details.
Occupied by the U.S.O. during World War II. The Lubbock U.S.O.
provided entertainment and services for thousands of servicemen
from Lubbock and South Plains Army Airfields. Lubbock Symphony
Orchestra organized here in 1946. Housed a variety of businesses
through the years. One of the few remaining examples of 1920s
commercial architecture in Lubbock.
9. Chatman's Hospital
2305 Cedar
Date Ordinanced: February 26, 1981
First Black hospital in West Texas, founded 1945. Dr. Joseph A.
Chatman, second Black doctor in Lubbock, dedicated his life to
the improvement of medical facilities for Blacks and to the
improvement of race relations. Chatman was a civic leader,
active in Democratic Party politics, and respected in the entire
Lubbock community. He was president of the Lone Star State
Medical Society, delegate President's Conference on Children and
Youth (1960), and on the Board of Directors Texas Southern
University.
10. Snyder/Martin/Chalk Home
2701 19th Street
Date Ordinanced: April 9, 1981
Georgian Revival house of solid masonry construction designed by
S.B. Haynes in 1928. The Chinese railings, Corinthian columns,
pedimented doorway and ,balanced facade are characteristic of
Georgian Revival architecture. Rancher Fred Snyder built a "town
house" so his children could attend Lubbock schools and Texas
Technological College. In 1948, Lubbock civic leader and
businessman Retha R. Martin purchased the house. Dr. John Chalk
and his wife, the former Callie Martin, acquired the property in
1964.
11. Rreuger Home
2703 19th Street
Date Ordinanced: April 9, 1981
J. T. Rreuger, pioneer surgeon and co-founder of Lubbock's
Methodist Hospital, commissioned this Georgian Revival style home
in 1935. Designed by S.B. Haynes and built by James Meidinger,
the house took over a year to complete. The symmetrical facade,
Corinthian columns, and other classical details are
characteristic of Georgian Revival architecture, and are
unusually faithful to the style. Mrs. Rreuger, who was extremely
interested in architectural history and an avid gardener,
designed the formal eighteenth -century grounds to complement the
house.
12. English Home
2809 19th Street
Date Ordinanced:
Built for 0. W. English,
West Texas Hospital, who
years. "English" style
design of architect W.L.
Technological College.
roofs are characteristic
oversized Mexican bricks
April 9, 1981
Lubbock surgeon and early co-owner of
practiced medicine in Lubbock over 50
Tudor Revival home completed 1938 from
Bradshaw, professor at Texas
Exposed half-timbering and steep gabled
of Tudor Revival style. Handmade
were combined with special mortar to
create the illusion of age.
13. Wylie/Smith/Quilliam Home
2901 19th Street
Date Ordinanced: April 9, 1981
Georgian Revival influenced home built 1951 for H. W. Wylie by
Harold Biffle. The Kenneth Leftwich family lived in the house
1953 - 1973. Governor Preston E. Smith and his wife, Ima,
acquired the house in 1973. Smith was Governor of Texas, 1969-
1973, was Lieutenant Governor and served in both houses of the
Legislature. Reed and Myrna Quilliam and family bought the house
in 1978. Quilliam was an attorney, a State Representative, and
long-time professor at Texas Tech University School of Law.
14. Ratliff Home
2915 19th Street
Date Ordinanced: April 9, 1981
Hand cut stone house completed 1949 for Carl E. and Juanita
Ratliff. Ratliff, early -day civic leader and County Attorney of
Hockley County, was 50 year member of the Texas State Bar. Mrs.
Ratliff was a pioneer music teacher. Location was chosen for
honey locust trees and proximity to schools and Texas Tech.
Using a cup, saucer and ruler for drafting tools, and enlisting
Ft. Worth architect Charles Armstrong to design the roof, Mrs.
Ratliff created this comfortable home for a growing family.
15. Watson Home
3003 19th Street
Date Ordinanced: April 9, 1986
One of the oldest homes in the Nineteenth Street District, this
house was built in 1928 by J.E. Parker for J.M. Pytell.
Purchased by Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Watson in 1931. Watson, owner of
Watson Furniture Company, moved to Lubbock because he wanted good
educational facilities for his large family. He chose this house
because of its size and close proximity to Texas Technological
College. The Watson's seven children all graduated from Lubbock
High School and Texas Tech. Occupied continuously by members of
the Watson family over 50 years.
16. Levine/Keeney Home
3017 19th Street
Date Ordinanced: April 9j 1981
Tudor Revival style house built in 1936 for Morris Levine, co-
founder of Levine's Department Stores. Designed by prominent
Lubbock architect S. B. Haynes. The Levine family lived in the
house until 1945. W. E. Keeney, a descendent of one of West
Texas' best known ranching families, is a great-grandson of Isaac
L. Ellwood, whose barbed wire transformed the range cattle
industry. The home was enlarged and remodeled in the early
19501s. All work was supervised by the original architect.
17. Rosenthal/Hackel/Brown Home
3101 19th Street
Date Ordinanced: April 9, 1981
Tudor Revival influenced house constructed 1937 by C.E.
Shamburger Lubbock Company for Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rosenthal.
Rosenthal sponsored a semi-professional baseball team, the
Lubbock Hubbers. The house changed hands several items from 1940
to 1948. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Hackel, owners of Hackel's clothing
store, purchased the home in 1948. The Hackels made several
additions to the house, including the east sun room, garage and
brick fence.
18. Underwood Home
3107 19th Street
Date Ordinanced: April 9, 1981
Georgian Revival influenced residence built 1940 for Arch
Underwood, heat of a vast cotton warehouse and compress network
in West Texas. Dallas architect Hal Yokum designed the ashlar
stone residence, which was built by a Dallas contractor with
materials specially milled for the house. The house is one room
deep to utilize cross ventilation by prevailing winds. There
have been many noteworthy guests to the house, including
President Harry Truman and Congressman George Mahon.
19. Meinecke/Walden Home
3113 19th Street
Date Ordinanced: April 9, 1981
Tudor Revival style home built 1935 for A.S. Meinecke, co-owner
of Meinecke Hardware. Contractor Joe Telford built the house,
which is a replica of Mr. Meinecke's boyhood home in Denton,
Texas. The home's steep gables, large diamond shaped shingles
and polychromatic color scheme are characteristic of the Tudor
Revival style of the 1920's and 19301s. The Meineckes lived in
the house until 1968.
20. Prideaux/Mahon Home
3123 19th Street
Date Ordinanced: April 9, 1981
Stuccoed Spanish style house with a red tile roof built in 1936
for T.R. Prideaux, prominent South Plains lumberman. J.M. Wart,
contractor, built the Spanish -influenced house with custom
materials obtained by Mr. Prideaux. Mrs. Prideaux, an artist,
painted murals depicting Southwestern life on some interior
walls. In 1968 Vondell Prideaux Moxley and her husband acquired
the house. Long-time Lubbock residents Durward and Carolyn Mahon
and their sons King and Kirk purchased the property in 1976, and
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added the east garden room and a Spanish style courtyard in the
rear of the house.
21. Nineteenth Street District
Boston to Gary on 19th Street
Date Ordinanced: April 9, 1981
A historical district of distinctive homes facing 19th Street
between Boston and Gary. The houses and their residents, which
have included ranchers, businessmen, doctors, legislators, a
former Governor of Texas and their _,families, symbolize the growth
and prosperity of Lubbock through the years. The district
represents a variety of architectural styles. The district has
visual integrity, forming a backdrop for Texas Tech University to
the north and an entrance for the neighborhood to the south.
22. Gray/Jones/Hull/Henry Home
3407 19th Street
Date Ordinanced: February ll, 1982
Brick Georgian Revival style home built 1941 for George W. Gray
by J.J. McLoen. Originally located at 3501 19th Street.
Purchased 1944 by Clifford B. Jones, President of Texas
Technological College 1939-1944. Jones was manager of the Spur
Ranch, President of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce, and
member of the first Tech Board of Directors. Lubbock physician
0. Brandon Hull purchased the home in 1959. Former Lubbock Mayor
Alan Henry and his wife Sandy relocated the house in 1981.
Builder McLoen was Mrs. Henry's grandfather.
23. Mast/White Home
2301 Broadway
Date Ordinanced: February 11, 1982
Originally located at 2219 13th Street. Constructed 1925 by A.M.
Hensley for C.S. Mast, member of the original faculty at Texas
Technological College. Purchased by L.O. "Pop" and Ercil "Mom"
White in 1948. Active in youth work, the Whites were
instrumental in founding the Baptist Student Union for Tech
students. Acquired by First Baptist Church in 1978, and after a
controversy donated to the Lubbock Heritage Society for
relocation. Moved to this site in October 1981.
24. Austin Brothers Bridge
Buddy Holly Area, Canyon Lakes
Date Ordinanced: February 11, 1982
Steel bridge erected 1913 across Yellowhouse Canyon on the
Lubbock -Abernathy Road. Contract awarded April 1913 to Austin
Brothers Bridge Company of Dallas by the Lubbock County
Commissioners. The 60 foot long, 12 foot wide, single -span,
Warren type truss bridge cost $1138. Over the years the bridge
was widened and modified. Abandoned to traffic in the 1960's.
In 1974 the bridge was restored using original plans as as part
of the Canyon Lakes Project. This is the earliest (and only)
highway bridge in Lubbock County, and is listed in the Historic
American Engineering Record.
25. Landwer/Manicapelli Home
Buddy Holly Area, Canyon Lakes
Date Ordinanced: February 11, 1982
Spanish Mission style home built 1936 for Dr. and Mrs. M. F.
Landwer from Dr. Landwer's design. Landwer was professor of
zoology at Texas Technological College from 1927 until his
retirement. Virginia Landwer taught biology at Lubbock High
School for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Manicapelli bought the
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house from the Landwers after World War II. The City of Lubbock
acquired the house in 1972. It is now a community center and
party house.
26. Bacon Home
1802 Broadway
Date Ordinanced: May 13, 1982
Neo -Classical style home built 1916 for Warren A. and Myrta Hunt
Bacon. Designed by W.M. Rice of Amarillo. Bacon, a successful
businessman and civic leader, settled in Lubbock County in 1893.
Mrs. Bacon was the daughter of George M. Hunt, who settled in
Estacado in 1884, and moved his family to Old Lubbock in 1890.
She lived in the house until her death in 1967 at age 89. The
Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas bought the home in 1981.
The house is an outstanding adaptive use project. Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places, July 15, 1982, and
recognized as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
27. Carlock Building
1001 - 1009 13th Street
Date Ordinanced: February 10, 1983
Art Deco style office building constructed in 1930 as the New
Cotton Exchange Building. Designed by J.B. Davies and Company,
Fort Worth, for J.D. Doughty and J.B. Kerby of Weatherford. Now
the Carlock Building, it symbolizes the rapid growth of cotton
production on the South Plains during the 1920's and the
establishment of allied marketing and servicing organizations.
Cotton merchandising firms headed by Charles Paul Carlock and
Watson Carlock have been continuous occupants since 1930. One of
the few fairly intact examples of 1930s commercial architecture
remaining in Lubbock.
28. M.O. Owens Building
1114 10th Street
Date Ordinanced: February 9, 1984
The M. 0. Owens Building was built in 1930, when Lubbock's
rapidly growing population was 20,520. Amarillo architects Kerr
and Walsh designed the Spanish style structure to the
specifications of first tenant West Texas Gas Company.
Contractor was J.G. Biffle. Housed U. S. Army Recruiting and
Induction headquarters during W.W. II. Former tenants include
other government agencies and oil and cotton related businesses.
Survived the May 11, 1970 tornado with little damage. Purchased
by Patton Cotton Co. in 1979.
29. Arnett Home
L.C.C. Campus
Date Ordinanced: February 9, 1984
Bungalow style house built in 1915 at 1214 Avenue L in downtown
Lubbock for Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Higginbotham. Designed by M.L.
Waller of Fort Worth. Home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam C. Arnett, Sr.
from 1918 to 1956. Arnett was a rancher, banker and civic
leader. Building donated to Lubbock Christian College in 1956 by
Dr. and Mrs. Sam C. Arnett, Jr. Moved to campus as L.C.C.'s
first administration building. After serving other functions for
the college, house was moved and restored by the L.C.C.
Associates in 1979.
30. Howard/Green/Hayes Home
2801 19th Street
Date Ordinanced: August 9, 1984
Tudor Revival style home built in 1928 for Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Howard. J.B. Maxey was contractor for the home designed by
architect Wilford Bogue of Fort Worth. William Dickson and
Miriam Green bought the house in 1933. Green (1897-1945),
President of Wilson State Bank, owned ranching and commercial
property in Lynn and Lubbock Counties. Miriam Green (D. 1984), a
social and civic leader, lived in the house until 1978. Jack and
Jan Hayes purchased the home in 1983. Dr. Hayes teaches at the
Texas Tech University School of Medicine. Part of the Nineteenth
Street Historic District.
31. Bledsoe Home
1812 Broadway
Date Ordinanced: November 8, 1984
Bungalow style home built in 1921 for Senator and Mrs. William
Harrison Bledsoe by C.E. Boone. Sen. Bledsoe represented West
Texas in the Legislature from 1917 to 1928, holding important
posts in the House and Senate and bringing favorable attention to
West Texas and Lubbock. He is best known as author of Senate
Bill 103 establishing Texas Technological College. His wife,
Emma K. Boone Bledsoe, was one of the first women attorneys
trained by the University of Texas. Members of the Bledsoe
family lived here until 1985.
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