Oakwood Additon CS Historic Designation Report
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION HISTORIC DESIGNATION REPORT
I. NAME OF PROPERTY
HISTORIC NAME: Oakwood Addition
OTHER NAME/SITE NAME: N/A
II. LOCATION
STREET & NUMBER:
CITY: College Station
STATE: Texas
COUNTY: Brazos
ZIP CODE: 77840
III. GEOGRAPHICAL / GIS DATA
ACREAGE OF PROPERTY: 80 acres
VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION:
BOUNDARY JUSTIFICATION:
GIS DATA:
IV. CURRENT ZONING INFORMATION
ZONING DISTRICT: Single-Family Residential (R-1)
V. OWNERSHIP
CURRENT OWNER: Multiple; Private
CONTACT: N/A
ADDRESS: N/A
PHONE: N/A
ADDRESS: N/A
HISTORIC OWNERSHIP: Various; Private
ORIGINAL OWNER: Multiple
SIGNIFICANT LATER OWNERS: N/A
VI. CLASSIFICATION
CATEGORY OF PROPERTY: District
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NUMBER OF PROPERTIES WITHIN DISTRICT:
CONTRIBUTING NONCONTRIBUTING
BUILDINGS 83 14
SITES 0 4
STRUCTURES N/A N/A
OBJECTS N/A N/A
TOTAL 83 18
CONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES:
100 Lee Ave.
101 Lee Ave.
103 Lee Ave.
104 Lee Ave.
115 Lee Ave.
119 Lee Ave.
120 Lee Ave.
125 Lee Ave.
126 Lee Ave.
200 Lee Ave.
201 Lee Ave.
206 Lee Ave.
207 Lee Ave.
210 Lee Ave.
211 Lee Ave.
215 Lee Ave.
300 Lee Ave.
301 Lee Ave.
307 Lee Ave.
310 Lee Ave.
311 Lee Ave.
314 Lee Ave.
802 Park Place
900 Park Place
1002 Park Place
1006 Park Place
1008 Park Place
1102 Park Place
1111 Park Place
101 Pershing Ave.
104 Pershing Ave.
107 Pershing Ave.
110 Pershing Ave.
112 Pershing Ave.
117 Pershing Ave.
121 Pershing Ave.
125 Pershing Ave.
200 Pershing Ave.
204 Pershing Ave.
205 Pershing Ave.
210 Pershing Ave.
211 Pershing Ave.
213 Pershing Ave.
214 Pershing Ave.
300 Pershing Ave.
301 Pershing Ave.
305 Pershing Ave.
308 Pershing Ave.
309 Pershing Ave.
313 Pershing Ave.
314 Pershing Ave.
317 Pershing Ave.
200 Suffolk Ave.
201 Suffolk Ave
202 Suffolk Ave.
203 Suffolk Ave.
204 Suffolk Ave.
207 Suffolk Ave.
208 Suffolk Ave.
211 Suffolk Ave.
212 Suffolk Ave.
215 Suffolk Ave.
216 Suffolk Ave
300 Suffolk Ave.
301 Suffolk Ave.
306 Suffolk Ave.
307 Suffolk Ave.
310 Suffolk Ave.
311 Suffolk Ave.
315 Suffolk Ave.
316 Suffolk Ave.
200 Timber St.
201 Timber St.
202 Timber St.
205 Timber St.
208 Timber St.
300 Timber St.
302 Timber St.
304 Timber St.
305 Timber St.
306 Timber St.
307 Timber St.
309 Timber St.
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MAP OF CONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES
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NAME OF DISTRICT OR PROPERTY/PROPERTIES PREVIOUSLY LISTED IN THE
NATIONAL REGISTER: N/A
NAME OF DISTRICT OR PROPERTY/PROPERTIES WITH STATE MARKERS, LISTED
AS A RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK, OR A STATE ARCHEOLOGICAL
LANDMARK: N/A
NAME OF DISTRICT OR PROPERTY/PROPERTIES PREVIOUSLY LANDMARKED BY
THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION: N/A
NUMBER OF PROPERTIES IN DISTRICT WITH CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
HISTORIC MARKERS: 29
115 Lee Ave.
119 Lee Ave.
120 Lee Ave
126 Lee Ave.
206 Lee Ave.
207 Lee Ave.
210 Lee Ave.
211 Lee Ave.
215 Lee Ave.
314 Lee Ave.
802 Park Place
900 Park Place
1006 Park Place
1008 Park Place
1102 Park Place
1111 Park Place
117 Pershing Ave.
200 Pershing Ave.
204 Pershing Ave.
300 Pershing Ave.
308 Pershing Ave.
317 Pershing Ave.
201 Suffolk Ave.
207 Suffolk Ave.
211 Suffolk Ave.
216 Suffolk Ave.
300 Suffolk Ave.
306 Suffolk Ave.
315 Suffolk Ave.
REPRESENTATION ON EXISTING HISTORIC SURVEYS:
TITLE: City of College Station Historic Resources Survey of Eastgate &
Southside Neighborhoods
DATE: 2008
PREPARED BY: Quimby McCoy Preservation Architecture, LLP
VII. FUNCTION OR USE
HISTORIC FUNCTIONS: Residential
CURRENT FUNCTIONS: Residential
VIII. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE
This history of Oakwood Addition, like the City of College Station, is closely aligned with the
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, which pre-dated the city and its residential neighborhoods
by almost fifty years. The college, later referred to as Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, or
Texas A&M, was founded as a land grant college and as the state's first public institution of higher
education in 1876. When dedicated, only a “small cluster of buildings set amid postoak and broad
prairie” surrounded the college.1
By the end of the first year, 106 students were enrolled.
1 Henry C. Dethloff, Texas A&M University: A Pictorial History, 1876-1996, 2nd ed. (College Station, TX: Texas A&M
University Press, 1996), 3.
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The college was located adjacent to the Houston and Texas Central Railroad, which was built in 1860.
The railroad stop became known as ‘College Station’—the name by which the small community, and in
1877 the new post office, became known. The community of College Station received electricity in the
1890s and by 1900, had a population of 391 with residential and limited commercial developments
scattered around the campus.2
Operating much like a military base and due to the school’s isolation, all faculty, staff, and students
originally lived on the colleges’ campus. Faculty and staff housing remained on Texas A&M's main
campus until planned residential development began to occur south of campus with the creation of
College Park in 1921, followed by Eastgate and Northgate neighborhoods on east and north sides of the
campus.3 The demand for off-campus housing facilities for faculty and staff drastically increased due to
the rapid influx of students between 1917 and 1935.4
Further planned development occurred in the Southside area in 1932 when Hershel Burgess founded
the Oakwood Realty Company with the purchase of 80 acres next to College Park. Burgess then
subdivided this parcel of land into residential lots, creating Oakwood Addition. FHA loans were utilized
to aid the subdivision of land, purchasing of lots, and residential construction with the first houses
occupied in 1939. Deborah Lynn Parks noted in her thesis paper, “The History of College Station,
Texas, 1938-1982,” that in an interview with Burgess, he stated Oakwood was “the first FHA-approved
project between Houston and Dallas.”5
College Station incorporated as a city in 1938 with a population approaching 2,000. At that time
residential development in the community provided housing for faculty and staff no longer living on
campus. In September 1939, the Texas A&M University Board of Directors adopted a resolution
declaring that all campus houses not occupied by officers required to live on campus be vacated by
September 1941. Between 1941 and 1972 the University sold many of these houses to faculty and staff
who then moved them off campus; nine of those houses were relocated to the Oakwood
neighborhood.6 Most of these houses are the oldest in the neighborhood with original construction
dates ranging from the 1890s through the 1930s. As a whole, Oakwood Addition developed between
1932 and the late 1950s; by 1950, approximately 90 percent of the Oakwood lots had been developed.7
Oakwood Addition retains its historic integrity with all nine campus houses still intact and eighty-five
percent of the lots containing original buildings constructed prior to 1955. The neighborhood contains
some of the best examples of residential architecture in College Station, particularly in revival styles.
However, demolition in the neighborhood has increased in recent years to allow for the construction of
larger homes. As one of College Station’s earliest neighborhoods, Oakwood continues to serve the
City’s academic community, maintains historic associations with important leaders, and retains the
character of its original architecture and plan.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:
2 Glenna Fourman Brundige, “College Station, Texas,” Handbook of Texas On-Line.
3 Deborah Lynn Parks, “The History of College Station, Texas, 1938-1982,” (Master of Arts Thesis, Texas A&M
University, 1984), 50.
4 Van Riper, 2; Van Riper’s information on university enrollments came from Henry C. Dethloff, A Centennial
History of Texas A&M University, 1876-1976, (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1975), vol. 2,
table p. 583.
5 Parks, 50-51; Parks interviewed Hershel Burgess on 16 March 1983.
6 Van Riper, 5; Van Riper’s information came from Property Records at the Fiscal Department of Texas A&M
University.
7 The 1950 development data came from Sheet 30 of the Bryan, Texas, Sanborn Map, July 1938 – March 1950.
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Oakwood Addition is a residential neighborhood significant for being an early example of off campus
development that contains some of the College Station’s oldest houses. Purchased for development in
1932 as an FHA approved project, Oakwood became the second neighborhood on the south side of
campus. The oldest houses in the neighborhood, originally located on-campus and moved to Oakwood
in the 1940s and 50s, date back to the 1890s and early 1900s. These houses, like many of those original
to the subdivision, were occupied by college faculty and staff, with several of College Station’s first city
council members also living in the neighborhood. Professors and city leaders have continued to live in
Oakwood throughout its history. As a whole the neighborhood retains a high level of integrity that
represents associations with both the city and the university.
Oakwood is eligible for designation as a City of College Station historic district for its association with
events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local history, for embodying
the distinctive characteristics of a type, period and method of construction, because the district includes
the built work of some important architects and because the district is potentially eligible for listing on
the National Register of Historic Places.
PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE: 1932 -1960
SIGNIFICANT DATES: 1932 – founding of Oakwood Addition
SIGNIFICANT PERSON(S):
E. L. Angell One of the developers of the Oakwood Addition.
W. H. Badgett City Council member between 1948 and 1952.
F. C. Bolton Appointed professor of electrical engineering at A&M in 1909;
was the director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station at
the College from 1925 to 1927; and was vice president and
dean of the College when appointed acting president in 1943
and served in that capacity for almost ten months. Bolton
served as president of A&M between 1948 and 1950.
Hershel Burgess Primary developer of Oakwood Addition and an active member
of the College Station Community.
Commandant Burton Commander of the Corps of Cadets between 1983 and 1986.
C. B. Campbell Department Head of Modern Languages in 1941.
Clifton C. Doak Professor of Biology at A&M from 1926 to 1960. Doak served
as head of the Biology department for twenty-three years.
J. C. Gaines Jr. Distinguished professor Entomology at A&M between 1927 and
1967. Gaines also served as the Entomology Department Head
over Teaching and Research between 1952 and 1967.
Gordon Gay Came to A&M in 1928 and served as the associate secretary
and then the general secretary of the YMCA before becoming
the coordinator of religious life at the University.
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Fredrich E Gieseke Professor and department head of the Department of
Mechanical Drawing as well as an early Campus Architect.
F. W. Hensel Department head of Landscape Arts at A&M.
Ernest K. Langford Architect that served as both the head of the Architecture
Department and longtime Mayor of College Station.
Earl Rudder President of A&M between 1959 and 1970.
Tyrus R. Timm Professor and department head of Agricultural Economics and
Rural Sociology at A&M. Timm also served as an advisor to
several U.S. Presidents.
T. O. Walton President of A&M between 1925 and 1943.
George Wilcox Member of the first City Council in 1938 and served for a total
of nine years.
ARCHITECT/BUILDER: Multiple
IX. DESCRIPTION
ARCHITECTURAL CLASSIFICATION: Residential Neighborhood
STYLE: Varies
EXTERIOR BUILDING MATERIALS: Varies
DESCRIPTION:
College Station’s Oakwood neighborhood, located south of Texas A&M’s campus in an area known as
Southside, is accessible from George Bush Drive (previously known as East Jersey Street).
Neighborhoods surround Oakwood on three sides with the Texas A&M campus to its north.
Oakwood’s street layout has not significantly changed from the original rectilinear pattern with the
residential streets in a north-south direction. Lot sizes vary from one-fourth of an acre to a few greater
than one acre. Such generous, deep set lots give a bucolic setting to the neighborhood. Typically, there
are no public sidewalks, only simple concrete walkways from the street to the front stoops and porches
characteristic of the neighborhood. Driveways are typically narrow and located to one side of the
property. Landscaping includes large trees, grass lawns, and a wide variety of other decorative plants.
Fencing is utilized, but is typically set back enough from the front of the house so as to not disrupt the
view from the street. Currently, the neighborhood consists of 101 properties—nearly all single-family
residential.
Due to construction dates ranging from the 1890s into the 1960s, the homes within the neighborhood
exhibit a variety of architectural styles such as: Folk Victorian, Tudor Revival, Neoclassical Revival,
Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, Folk, Minimal Traditional, Traditional Ranch, Massed Ranch,
Vernacular, and Populist Modern. Approximately thirty-three percent of the homes are built in revival
styles.
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A construction boom occurred during the first decade of Oakwood’s existence with approximately
forty-five percent of the houses built before 1940; most of these are concentrated at the center of the
neighborhood. Stylistically these houses represent Tudor Revival, Neoclassical Revival, Colonial Revival,
Classical Revival, French Provincial, Vernacular, Folk, and Minimal Traditional. During the 1940s, the
rate of construction slowed with only an additional twenty-six percent of the neighborhood developed.
The styles of these houses include Colonial Revival, Folk Victorian, Texas Regional / Monterey, Minimal
Traditional, Minimal Ranch, Traditional Ranch, Massed Ranch, and Populist Modern. Six campus houses
were also moved to Oakwood during the 1940s; their styles include Craftsman, Folk, Folk Victorian, and
Vernacular. Development within Oakwood continued to slow and only an additional fifteen percent was
developed during the 1950s; houses constructed during this period are Colonial Revival, Minimal Ranch,
Traditional Ranch, Massed Ranch, and Populist Modern in style. With only one house built in the early
1960s, development almost ceased until the late 1980s with the construction of another single new
house. However, a wave of demolition and new construction started again during the first decade of
the 2000s.
Generally, the houses stand one or two stories high with some sort of accessory structure. One-and-
one-half story houses with dormers are common. Many of the homes are clad with clapboard or wood
siding and others with various masonry materials. Along with wood siding and masonry, the historic
integrity of doors and windows has been largely retained. Many of the houses have been altered to
varying degrees, sometimes completely changing the design of the front façade. Typical accessory
structures such as detached garages, student apartments, and sheds are located in rear yards and often
near property lines. A handful of houses have been demolished and there are currently four-and-a-half
vacant lots. Several recently constructed homes do not reflect the scale of the older houses.
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MAP OF DISTRICT WITH DATE OF CONSTRUCTION
Dates provided are approximate. Detailed research has not been conducted on each property.
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MAP OF DISTRICT WITH ARCHITECTURAL STYLE
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RECORDED STATE OF PROPERTIES AS OF 2008 - 2009
100 Lee Avenue (R36401)
Date: c.1947
Architect: N/A
Style: Traditional Ranch
Notes: This house was originally owned by
Samuel A. Lipscomb, a member of the second
City Council in 1939.
101 Lee Avenue (R36412)
Date: c.1940
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered (Minimal Traditional)
Notes: This house was owned and occupied
by F. W. Hensel, a department head for
Landscape Arts at A&M, during the 1940s.
103 Lee Avenue (R36413)
Date: 1949
Architect: N/A
Style: Minimal Traditional
Notes: The original building permit for this
house was issued to Mrs. F. W. Hensel.
104 Lee Avenue (R36402)
Date: c. 1945
Architect: N/A
Style: Colonial Revival
Notes: Owned and occupied by T. O.
Walton after his tenure as President of Texas
A&M University. He was President of the
University between 1925 and 1943.
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107 Lee Avenue (R36414)
Non-Contributing
Date: 2006
Architect: N/A
Style: N/A
110 Lee Avenue (R36403)
Non-Contributing
Date: 2006
Architect: N/A
Style: N/A
111 Lee Avenue (R36415)
Non-Contributing
Date: c. 1989
Architect: N/A
Style: N/A
115 Lee Avenue (R36416)
Brooks-Rudder House
College Station Historic Marker #7
Date: c. 1936
Architect: N/A
Style: Neoclassical Revival
Notes: Earl Rudder lived in this house during
part of his tenure as President of Texas A&M
University while a new house for the
President was being built on campus due to
the previous President’s house burning down.
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119 Lee Avenue (R36417)
Angell House
College Station Historic Marker #23
Date: c. 1935
Architect: Ernest K. Langford
Renovations: Rodney Hill
Style: Colonial Revival
Notes: E. L. Angell was one of the
developers of this subdivision neighborhood
and his house was one of the first built in
Oakwood by architect Ernest K. Langford..
120 Lee Avenue (R36404)
Wilcox House
College Station Historic Marker #16
Date: c. 1936
Architect: N/A
Style: Colonial Revival
Notes: This house was owned by George
Wilcox from 1936 to 1973. He was a
member of the first City Council in 1938 and
served a total of nine years.
125 Lee Avenue (R36418)
Date: c. 1945
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered (Minimal Traditional)
Notes: According to the 1961-1962 City
Directory, this house was owned and
occupied by Mrs. F. C. Bolton in 1961-1962.
126 Lee Avenue (R36405)
Burgess House
College Station Historic Marker #33
Date: 1935
Architect: Ernest K. Langford
Style: Altered
(French Provincial / French Eclectic)
Notes: Hershel Burgess was the primary
developer of the Oakwood Addition and an
active member of the College Station
community. This house was built for the
Burgess family, who continued to own and
occupy it until September 1999 and was
designed by architect Ernest K. Langford.
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127 Lee Avenue (R36419)
Vacant Lot
Non-Contributing
200 Lee Avenue (R36429)
Date: c. 1935
Architect: N/A
Style: Tudor Revival
201 Lee Avenue (R36420)
Date: c. 1940
Architect: N/A
Style: Colonial Revival
206 Lee Avenue (R36430)
College Station Historic Marker #41
Date: c. 1937
Architect: N/A
Style: Colonial Revival
Notes: Home of Sidney Loveless, first City
Secretary of College Station. He purchased
the house in 1946.
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207 Lee Avenue (R36421)
College Station Historic Marker #53
Date: c. 1936
Architect: Cosby Byrd
Style: Colonial Revival
Notes: Built by Letcher and Mildred Gabbard
in 1936. Letcher was a professor and
department head of Agricultural Economics
and Rural Sociology at A&M. He also served
on College Station’s first and second City
Councils in 1938 and 1939 respectively.
210 Lee Avenue (R36431)
Godbey-Burton House
College Station Historic Marker #13
Date: c. 1938
Architect: N/A
Style: Colonial Revival
Notes: Owned by Commandant Burton from
1964 to 1994.
211 Lee Avenue (R36422)
C. E. Warner House
College Station Historic Marker #49
Date: c. 1937
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered
215 Lee Avenue (R36423)
College Station Historic Marker #40
Date: c. 1935
Architect: A&M Structural Engineers
Style: Colonial Revival
300 Lee Avenue (R36432)
Clarence J. Finney House
Date: c. 1936
Architect: Jack Finney
Style: Architect Designed
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301 Lee Avenue (R36424)
Date: c. 1936
Architect: N/A
Style: Colonial Revival
306 Lee Avenue (R36433)
Non-Contributing
Date: c. 1936
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered
307 Lee Avenue (R36425)
Date: c. 1937
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered (Folk)
310 Lee Avenue (R36434)
Date: c. 1938
Architect: N/A
Style: Colonial Revival
311 Lee Avenue (R36426)
Date: 1951
Architect: N/A
Style: Traditional Ranch
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314 Lee Avenue (R36435)
Tanzler-Swanson House
College Station Historic Marker #19
Date: c. 1938
Architect: N/A
Style: Vernacular
Notes: The use of petrified wood as an
exterior masonry material is unusual.
802 Park Place (R36473)
Timm House
College Station Historic Marker #77
Date: 1951
Architect: Dr. J. Wheeler Barger
Style: Traditional Ranch
Notes: Built for Dr. Tyrus R. Timm (and wife
Valerie Timm).
900 Park Place (R36475)
Beezley-Owens-Pruitt House
College Station Historic Marker #25
Date: c. 1938
Architect: N/A
Renovations: David Woodcock
Style: Colonial Revival
904 Park Place (R36476)
Non-Contributing
Date: c. 1937
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered
906 Park Place (R36477)
Non-Contributing
Date: c. 1959
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered
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1002 Park Place (R36478)
Date: c. 1930
Architect: N/A
Style: Colonial Revival
1006 Park Place (R36479)
Blodgett-Clark-Ashburn-McQuillen
House
College Station Historic Marker #28
Date: c. 1916
Architect: N/A
Style: Craftsman
Notes: This house was sold and moved from
A&M’s campus in 1948 to make room for the
Memorial Student Center. On campus, the
house was number 220 and one of five
houses that faced the drill field.
1008 Park Place (R36480)
College Station Historic Marker #60
Date: c. 1947
Architect: N/A
Style: Minimal Ranch
1102 Park Place (R36428)
Gieseke House
College Station Historic Marker #20
Date: c. 1891
Architect: F. E. Gieseke
Style: Altered (Folk Victorian)
Notes: This house was sold and moved from
campus in 1942. On campus, the house was
number 224. F. E. Gieseke was the original
owner from 1891 to 1946.
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1111 Park Place (R36427)
Kinsey-O’Donnell House
College Station Historic Marker #30
Date: 1938
Architect: Architect from A&M Architecture
Department
Style: Altered (Tudor)
100 Pershing Ave. (R36392)
Vacant Lot
Non-Contributing
101 Pershing Ave. (R36406)
Friley-Scoates-Bilsing House
Date: c. 1899
Architect: N/A
Style: Folk Victorian
Notes: Formerly house number 420 on
A&M’s campus. It was sold in 1941 and
moved to its current location.
104 Pershing Ave. (R36393)
Date: c. 1930
Architect: N/A
Style: Minimal Traditional
107 Pershing Ave. (R36407)
Date: c. 1930
Architect: N/A
Style: Tudor Revival
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110 Pershing Ave. (R36394)
Date: c. 1939
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered (Colonial Revival)
111-113 Pershing (R36408)
Vacant Lot
Non-Contributing
112 Pershing Ave. (R36395)
Date: c. 1945
Architect: N/A
Style: Folk Victorian
117 Pershing Ave. (R36409)
College Station Historic Marker #48
Date: c. 1933
Architect: William E. Nash
Style: Colonial Revival
118 Pershing Ave. (R36396)
Non-Contributing
Date: c. 1949
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered
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121 Pershing Ave. (R36410)
Date: c. 1940
Architect: N/A
Style: Minimal Traditional
125 Pershing Ave. (R36411)
Date: 1959
Architect: N/A
Style: Massed Ranch
200 Pershing Ave. (R36445)
College Station Historic Marker #11
Date: c. 1941
Architect: Sam H. Dixon, Jr.
Style: Monterey
201 Pershing Ave. (R36436)
Non-Contributing
Date: N/A
Architect: N/A
Renovations: Rodney Hill
Style: Altered
204 Pershing Ave. (R36446)
College Station Historic Marker #39
Date: c. 1938
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered (Minimal Traditional)
Notes: According to the 1947-1948 City
Directory, this house was owned by W. H.
Badgett in 1947.
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205 Pershing Ave. (R36437)
Date: c. 1938
Architect: N/A
Style: Colonial Revival
208 Pershing Ave. (R36447)
Non-Contributing
Date: c. 1940
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered (Minimal Traditional)
Notes: According to the 1961-1962 City
Directory, this house was owned by W. H.
Badgett in 1961.
210 Pershing Ave. (R36448)
Date: c. 1938
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered (Minimal Traditional)
211 Pershing Ave. (R36438)
Date: c. 1938
Architect: N/A
Style: Tudor Revival
213 Pershing Ave. (R36439)
Date: c. 1947
Architect: N/A
Style: Massed Ranch
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214 Pershing Ave. (R36449)
Date: c. 1940
Architect: N/A
Style: Minimal Traditional
218 Pershing Ave. (R36450)
Vacant Lot
Non-Contributing
300 Pershing Ave. (R36451)
College Station Historic Marker #35
Date: c. 1939
Architect: Jesse H. Sheton
Style: N/A
Notes: Originally owned by Clifton C. &
Henryetta C. Doak.
301 Pershing Ave. (R36440)
Date: c. 1935
Architect: N/A
Style: N/A
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305 Pershing Ave. (R36441)
Date: c. 1940
Architect: N/A
Style: Minimal Traditional
308 Pershing Ave. (R36452)
College Station Historic Marker #67
Date: c. 1936
Architect: N/A
Style: Vernacular
Notes: This house was an early rental
property in College Station. It consists of a
two-story duplex and an apartment over the
garage.
309 Pershing Ave. (R36442)
Date: c. 1950
Architect: N/A
Style: Traditional Ranch
313 Pershing Ave. (R36443)
Date: c. 1940
Architect: N/A
Style: Colonial Revival
314 Pershing Ave. (R36453)
Date: c. 1935
Architect: N/A
Style: Neoclassical Revival
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316 Pershing Ave. (R36454)
Non-Contributing
Date: c. 2005
Architect: N/A
Style: N/A
317 Pershing Ave. (R36444)
College Station Historic Marker #83
Date: c. 1938 / c. 1945
Architect: N/A
Style: Colonial Revival
Notes: First owned by J. C. Gaines Jr.
200 Suffolk Ave. (R36400)
Date: c. 1960
Architect: N/A
Style: N/A
201 Suffolk Ave. (R36455)
Gay House
College Station Historic Marker #24
Date: c. 1932
Architect: Ernest K. Langford
Style: Colonial Revival
Notes: Residence of Gordon Gay.
202 Suffolk Ave. (R36464)
Date: c. 1958
Architect: N/A
Style: N/A
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203 Suffolk Ave. (R36456)
Date: c. 1935
Architect: N/A
Style: Colonial Revival
Notes: This house was moved to this
location from the campus of Texas A&M.
204 Suffolk Ave. (R36465)
Date: c. 1940
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered (Minimal Traditional)
207 Suffolk Ave. (R36457)
College Station Historic Marker #70
Date: c. 1935
Architect: Edgar W. Glenn
Style: Colonial Revival
208 Suffolk Ave. (R36466)
Date: c. 1938
Architect: N/A
Style: Colonial Revival
211 Suffolk Ave. (R36458)
College Station Historic Marker #56
Date: c. 1935
Architect: N/A
Style: Colonial Revival
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212 Suffolk Ave. (R36467)
Date: c. 1938
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered (Minimal Traditional)
215 Suffolk Ave. (R36459)
Date: c. 1938
Architect: N/A
Style: Minimal Traditional
216 Suffolk Ave. (R36468)
College Station Historic Marker #76
Date: c. 1941
Architect: M. F. Martin
Style: Colonial Revival
300 Suffolk Ave. (R36469)
Bell-Birdwell House
College Station Historic Marker #21
Date: c. 1936
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered (Minimal Traditional)
Notes: Owned and occupied at one time by
Beau Bell, an all-American baseball player who
was the head coach for the baseball team at
A&M from 1951 to 1958.
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301 Suffolk Ave. (R36460)
Date: c. 1940
Architect: N/A
Style: Colonial Revival
306 Suffolk Ave. (R36470)
College Station Historic Marker #47
Date: c. 1939
Architect: N/A
Style: Colonial Revival
Notes: This house was moved from the A&M
campus where it housed the Building
Superintendent and his office during the
construction of the Corps Dorms next to
Duncan Drill Field.
307 Suffolk Ave. (R36461)
Date: c. 1935
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered
Notes: This house was moved from Texas
A&M’s campus to its current location.
310 Suffolk Ave. (R36471)
Date: c. 1939
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered (Minimal Traditional)
311 Suffolk Ave. (R36462)
Date: c. 1950
Architect: N/A
Style: Colonial Revival
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315 Suffolk Ave. (R36463)
Campbell House
College Station Historic Marker #15
Date: c. 1917
Architect: N/A
Style: Vernacular
Notes: Originally house number 232 on
A&M’s campus. It was sold in 1941 and
moved to its current location. C. B.
Campbell, who was Department Head of
Modern Languages at the time, purchased the
house and continued to live there with his
family after it was moved off campus.
316 Suffolk Ave. (R36472)
Date: 1955
Architect: N/A
Style: Traditional Ranch
200 Timber St. (R29261)
Date: c. 1950
Architect: N/A
Style: Minimal Ranch
201 Timber St. (R29270)
Date: c. 1950
Architect: N/A
Style: Minimal Ranch
202 Timber St. (R29262)
Date: c. 1949
Architect: N/A
Style: Populist Modern
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203 Timber St. (R29271)
Non-Contributing
Date: c.1958
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered
204 Timber St. (R29263)
Non-Contributing
Date: 2000
Architect: N/A
Style: N/A
205 Timber St. (R29272)
Cashion House
Date: c. 1917
Architect: N/A
Style: Vernacular
Notes: Originally house number 146 on
Texas A&M’s Campus. It was sold in 1941
and moved to its present location.
208 Timber St. (R29264)
Funston-Wooten House
Date: c. 1918
Architect: N/A
Style: Craftsman
Notese: Originally house number 254 on
Texas A&M’s Campus. It was sold in 1941
and moved to its present location.
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210 Timber St. (R29265)
Non-Contributing
Date: 2005
Architect: N/A
Style: N/A
300 Timber St. (R29266)
Date: c. 1947
Architect: N/A
Style: Traditional Ranch
301 Timber St. (R29273)
Non-Contributing
Date: 2008
Architect: N/A
Style: N/A
Vacant Lot
Non-Contributing
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302 Timber St. (R29267)
Date: c. 1930
Architect: N/A
Style: Vernacular
304 Timber St. (R29268)
Date: c. 1955
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered (Minimal Ranch)
305 Timber St. (R29274)
Date: c. 1952
Architect: N/A
Style: Populist Modern
Notes: Exhibits design influences from
architectural firm of CRS, which began in
College Station.
306 Timber St. (R29269)
Date: c. 1955
Architect: N/A
Style: Altered (Traditional Ranch)
307 Timber St. (R29275)
Date: c. 1956
Architect: N/A
Style: Populist Modern
Notes: Exhibits design influences from
architectural firm of CRS, which began in
College Station..
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309 Timber St. (R29276)
Date: c. 1955
Architect: N/A
Style: Traditional Ranch
X. CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION
Historic designation may be applied to districts, areas, or individual properties that:
1. Are at least forty (40) years old
2. Meet at least two (2) of the criteria listed below
3. Possess integrity that is evident through historic qualities including Location, Design, Setting,
Materials, Workmanship, Feeling, and Association.
A property or district may be designated if it:
_____ Possesses significance in history, architecture, archeology, and culture.
__X__ Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns
of local, regional, state, or national history.
_____ Is associated with events that have made a significant impact in our past.
__X__ Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction.
__X__ Represents the work of a master designer, builder, or craftsman.
_____ Represents an established and familiar visual feature of the neighborhood or city.
__X__ Is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, Recorded Texas
Historic Landmark, or a State Archaeological Landmark, as determined by the Texas
Historical Commission.
XI. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Brundidge, Glenna Fourman. “College Station, Texas,” The Handbook of Texas On-Line:
www.tshaonline.org.
Dethloff, Henry C. Texas A&M University: A Pictorial History, 1876-1996, 2nd ed. College Station, TX:
Texas A&M University Press, 1996.
Parks, Deborah Lynn. “The History of College Station, Texas, 1938-1982.” Master of Arts Thesis,
Texas A&M University, 1984.
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Quimby McCoy Preservation Architecture, LLP. City of College Station Historic Resources Survey of
Eastgate and Southside Neighborhoods, 2008.
Van Riper, Paul P. “The Old Texas A&M Campus Houses.” Paper archived at The Center for Heritage
Conservation, Texas A&M University.
XII. FORM PREPARATION
DATE: November 24, 2009
NAME & TITLE: Morgan Harrison; Nancy McCoy
ORGANIZATION: Quimby McCoy Preservation Architecture, LLP
CONTACT: 3200 Main Street, #3.6, Dallas, Texas 75226
PHONE: 214-977-9118