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THE
HtYtorical
The is one of the e homes in the re area
i (T in _ Builth the fall of 1940
at 903 Francis Drive in the Woodland sion, it was o and Marge
Zwolinski in 1960 and have now for 37 years.
The on which the was has of
with Carter who a in what is
acxes were given to the of his de er, Mary Ann and
p
Two of the 237 acres and one of 280 eventually
was by ~
Ann Reed's son, Wil<¢, was sold in 1882 893 to Wincentz K ski6; in
1894 back to CooperT; and released to Kapczynski in 19118. In 1911, Cooper sold it to Horace
Dansby, Sr.
Stephen Reed
sold their 280 acres to
Mitchell sold the tract to Frm~ (
Mary and
, they
it
the 280 acre tract and part of the 237 acre
Company, over by J.C.
"Woodland Aeres~4.''
The deed drawn up
to be lots with a
building
the Hills
called
(1) the lots were
(2) the
B Paul Durland, and O.C. Hawley, (3) could not be less than 1200 square
feet or cost less than $2500,(4) the s (5) could not be
occupied during construction of the main dw (6) a sewer disposal system should be
installed, (7) "no or trade on upon any lot or estates or shall
anything be done which may an or to the d," and
(8) these were until May 1, 1965~.
18 andt 9-on which the
filed a me s lien M. all labor
property 45 days~7.
sub sold the house to Joe Shies sold
$5,70 ; and Hansen sold the
the house and lots to Howard J. Hansen on May 23, 1942 for 0~9
house and lots to E Street on July 8, for $6,7502°. Street and his wife, Clara,
resided there until 5, I952 they sold it toR. W. Meek for . By 1953, the
lots had been ion of a on'¥art' 18 and 1922. This
subdMsion resulted in two tracts-one meamring 138.2-x-300 feet and the other 225-x-300 feet23.
The Meek home was on the of the two and a new brick home was on the other.
In 1960, the the and moved into their home in
April of I9612~.
Architectttral
The College Hills ~May1940, citing
N.E as the and
Architectural sfor the st of I94026
and the house was the fall of . The original
house consisted of six rooms, a room, two s, kitchen, and a
bath. A or he the since been
enclosed, pine ~n the with white
and the wood shake with
shakes. Imerior walls and ceiling are constructed of Oregon pine tongue-and-~oove
weatherboard and the floors are oak. Windows are 6-over-6 sliding sash w'mdows.
Intrinsic Significance
No research has been done on the A.M. is evidence in
the deed records that for the house -;vas by G.S~ parker of
Bryan2$. Ac
first
director of the Texas at
Social
The Zw is as an of the styles
in the City is
~ and a
Professor in came to ~ with and their three
children, Jan, Jeff, and Mia. a of the Pet 44
(API44) and of the Tech,
accidentally met Earl June of 1960 on At that time,
Dr. Zwolinski was at Austin to
Zwolinski
of TAMU's and the two April of 1961. The two
projects, the core of the new
of 1961.
org~ation is pa~ of C E and Io~ed on the top floor of the Petroleum
Engineering Buil~ng Recent acclaim of the ~ SCientific dam was N~ghted in the
"Chemistry Web of the in the 1998 issue of as "one of the
hottest draws on the Web."
Valley Museum of Natural Pdstory,
~. Zwolinski
House was placed on the House and Garden Tour sponsored by the Woman's Club of College
Station, during which 473 people hsited the house.
Fi~are 1. The ZWOlinsld Hou~ facing no~heast from Francis Drive.
Figure 2. Floor plans ofZwol~ns~ Hou~ by A~Mi Ma~n; 1940~
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E~NOTES
Brazos Comity, Texas, Survey 1:33, no date; Deed ~rds 99:245~ 4-30-1831.
Brazos County, Texas, E:578, 544-1863.
9-84877.
Brazos County, , Deed X:69,
Brazos County, Texas, Deed Recorcls 11:639, 840-1893.
Texas~ Civil F:480, 34488L
Brazos Texas, 8:610,
Brazos 12.614,
Brazos County~ 100:30, 4-7-1939~
Brazos County, Texas, Deed Deed kSll, 11-204939.
Brazos County, Texas, Deed 104:321, 5-1-1940.
Brazos County, Texas, Deed Records 110:142, 5-23-1942.
Brazos County, Texas, Deed Recorcls I:483, 12-9,1953.
BrazOS Count3,, Texas, Tax ,3-13-1961.
Bmos County, Texas~ ~d Records, 92:567, 3-21-1961.
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Brazos Texas,
Texas~ Job Not 105, August 24.