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I. THIS MARKER NOMINATION IS FOR A:
A. C~ STRUCTURE MARKER
Structure is a _ l~R i c K (Home/fig)
If a home, was it formerly located on campus? (~!es~/No)
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Owner's Name, Current Mailing Address, Phone Number & Email address:
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B. ^ SUBJECT MARKER
This nomination is for:
The title of this subject is:
(Event /Topic /Person /Object)
Is the proposed marker to be placed on public or private property?
Address where marker will be placed:
Historic Marker Apylication, Historic Preservation Coniniittee, City of College Station, Texas
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II. Describe the significance of this nomination with as much detail as possible
1007 Hereford Street: built and owned by Lynn and Mary Hanna
Lynn and I came to College Station after World War II for him to go to graduate school. He had just been
discharged form the Army with the rank of Captain. He served for over 2 years in North Africa and Italy,
including campaigns in Naples, Foggia, Rome, Amo, the Appenines, and in the Po Valley. When we
arrived in Bryan, there were only two hotels. and they would only let us stay one night at a time, so we
stayed in the LaSalle one night, moving the next day to the Charles, across the street, then back to the
LaSalle. We finally rented Dr. Charles Richardson's servant house (2 rooms and a bath} and were very
happy to get it.
Hereford is one of the coati- streets. We bought our lot from Mr. Luther Jones for $650. At one time it was
part of the Hardlicker farm. The house was built in 192, and is now ~~ years old. When the house was
built, Hereford was a dirt road. Holleman Street was an unpaved county road at the southern end of
College Station. I have found two partial arrowheads in the yard, so I guess the Indians were here, too.
We couldn't find any plans for the house we wanted to build; all of the homes being constructed at the
time ~~~ere single-story `'ranch house" tt~pes. We were able to get a graduate architecture student at Texas
ARM, Mr. Atmar, to draw up the plans we liked. The house was built by Mr. T.W. Hughes, who was
thought to be a good builder. It was a house "out of its time" architecturally_ , and I know of no others built
with this plan. I still have the original house plans.
Lynn received his PhD about the time that the house was built, and was on the faculty in the Entomology
Department at Texas ARM until he retired as a Professor Emeritus. We had four children: Russell, Jim,
Man- Lynn, and Martha. After the children got older, I went back to school at ARM in microbiology, and
I worked for Dr. Bill Foster, and Dr. Carl Vanderzant for many years. We had opportunities to go other
places, but liked College Station, and thought it was a good place to raise children. All of the children
went to ARM Consolidated and Texas ARM, and all now live in College Station and plan to stay here.
They own homes on Murfield Drive, Serval Street; Coachlight Court; Larkspur. In the next generation,
t<vo grandsons have just moved in to a newly constructed home on Fallbrook Loop. All these locations
here pastureland when we built our house.
The original house included a living room, kitchen with dining area, two bedrooms and a bath downstairs;
with two bedrooms, a wide hall«~ay, and a bath upstairs. During the more than fifty years I have lived
here, the house has had two additions. The first addition was in 1961 after Hurricane Carla blew the roof
otT of the house. Water was running down the light fixtures and the walls upstairs. Mr. Hughes did this
renovation, raising the front of the roof by adding a dormer that runs nearly- the entire length of the roof.
This expanded the space upstairs, creating a family room out of the wide hallway. In the second remodel
(1968) we added a dining room at the back of the house. I planted all the trees in the yard, many from
acorns collected on the campus of Texas ARM. The large oak tree in the back yard has died, been cut
down, and re-grown from its roots twice.
When Lynn was sick, shortly before he passed away in 1997, we had a terrible thunder storm. Lightning
flashed, thunder crashed, and my kitchen stove moved. The smoke detector upstairs went off and
wouldn't stop, the window trait plug was scorched - so we called the fire department. They checked all
around the house, and found that everything was all right. As they were leaving, I heard one of the
firemen say "That's a neat old house." And I think it is -it's home.
1952 -Just Built.
Dirt road & drive~i-av
1.968 -Dining Room added at the back of the house
1961 -Remodel after Hurricane Carla
Front roof raised for large dormer
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199 - Wooden screens: old screening replaced «~ith shade screen
Drive~~~ay pa~~ed
1980's Flat roof on dining room replaced ~v°ith hip gable roof.
2007 -Left side view: replaced old «ooden screen ~~ith metal at Last painting in 200
2007 -Front & right side