HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarker Application 101003COLLEGE STATION HISTORIC MARKER APPLICATION
NAMEr ADDRESS & PHONE NUMBER OF SUBMITTER:
THIS MARKER NOMINATION IS FOR A:
A. ~ STRUCTURE MARKER
If a home
Address of structure:
_ (Home/Building)
Owner's Name & Current Mailing Address & Phone Number:
( )
This nomination is for:_
The title of this
Is the proposed marker to be
(Event~opic/Person/Object)
College Station Historical Marker Application
Page 2
!!. Describe the significance of this nomination with as much detail as possible:.
You may attach additional pages for your narrative, if needed. Be sure to attach supporting
documentation to this form. See THEMARK£R PROCESS for guidelines.
Introduction
only
many
Timeline
Pre 1930's
of 40-acre farmland plot owned by Schwarz,
July 3, 1934
Circa 1935 ome was built at 211 Suffolk e(1).
Dec 24, 1936 The
Eve
Circa 1940 Leland S. and Margaret Paine lived in thehome (1,5).
Mid 1950's and M lived inthe (6).
1962 The home was legvacant for a s od (7).
1963-1966 Richard "Buck" andClar lived in thehome (8).
199 nt Michael and Nora Haigh live in the home.
was rebuilt
in the
experience
research for
Paine drove
had
Corps of
The
University
in 1952.
"Buck"
home
1931
received a
the
cause
of
tO
a
his
his Ph.D.
the
away
A
of
fire in
of
References and Documentation
o
10.
11.
12.
Personal interview with Bill Lancaster. Feb 26, 1999.
Brazos County Deeds. Clerk of Court, Brazos County C se. Book
87, pp. 126-127.
The Bryan Daily Eagle. Dec. 24, 1936
The Bryan Eagle. Jan. 1, 1937.
1951 Bryan City Directory
1957, 1958 Bryan City Directories
1962 Bryan City Directory
1963, 1965 Bryan City Directories
1967, 1969, 1972 Bryan City ties
Brazos County Official Records. Vol. 1659, p. 124.
Photo of Home. 1998
County
13.
14.
Universi~ Catalogs. Various Editions. Cushing Memorial Library,
A&M University.
Texas
15.
Li
Memorial
(~)
ho re By a
and
~o the
Abstr~et No.
~3 of 'the deed
t owlt:
feet
Thl~
restrlc
apply ro-
I s t~'a tot S
1, The fee
end reserved s~rlps
Coil ~e
by the
to 'keep
~aid- grantee
League
follows,
walke
to i~; pcld By J, B. Dent College 5ration, Tezas, us follows= cush~ th~ roou~pt of which ~$
h~r~by ao~owled~ed ~nd conf~ed
~,nd ~he ~rther oon~lde~tio~ of the a~reement b ~e
stipulations,
~d perform a~
Lmto tho
lying and
tt League ~
82, p~ ge s 52¢
t owit:
· feet
mhd the Northweet 55?
This
apply to
lstrators
1o The £ee
walks
pole s, u n~
uso of said
2.
elusive in Block
1
residence
Zo
strueted
of College Station,
st~uction, end ,
conform to thc
.inca ~nd
~oe a~d
~ in-
lot or home-
used as a
~oc~ted
stri.cIly con£orm
use l~
~ddition; ~d~ no
except·
on for
or
Df o their
!n~;lu~ing rabbits
Station~ subject .to
to
s per f~ont-fo6t;
Ii'on is
by tho
The above
until
of e m~jority
Company
S~
l~ld shall be u~;ed
/
dete, the
tion ~m~y, on the basis
usc in this ~ddLtion; ~ld no outdooI' toilet nhall ever be I~ trait'ted within ~aid t, dditiOn.
· 6. 0nly p~pl~ of th~ ~l~ite r~ce slmll ever ~e permitted to o~m p~perty within said
~dditlo~; ~d no pl~perty ~ any ~rt thereof shall over be ~leoced, rented, ~vned, or
servants of oth~r
ng rabbits
said Addition,
, subject $o
subJegted to
by
~4~p rev lng tlc
9,
receive until
o~'Jll~ rs o I' a
or one vote for e
or ~bolish these
s~mll b~ held ~t
10.
sh~,l 1 im~ed let ely
entry
rights
ditlons
De~cnd, all and
ag~inst every
IN W
on the b~sl
meeting
specified,
singular the
and a sslgns
ox.o~uted
Texas
Presldellt. ,
mother, Mr~ A~na
Mr. ami
er, .Mrs. L. W.
Mr. and M~
spend
Alvin.
M~. R. B. Ehlin~r is spendi~
The ship
routin~
: Sterli~ Pc,
I~, orew chi
m~hanic; l
F
slip
entions to C.
edrick~S 18- A. ~
~asgc~ated p~Sid~
o)
LOCA~ON
CITY
0AKW00D
211 Suffolk
Year Cleared
ACCC)UNT NU~tr;i-I~,
6100-005-0250
ON
SU
PHOTO
!
(g)
~ : ~ O~kwood :' .... "'" 26~ ½25 5
~ERSHiP DATE Pg/Vol Cash Mort, R, Stamps Total LOT SIZE
~ ~OVE
~) SPECIFIcATIoNS
5), Unheated Area.
. chanics Lien Total SPace
~a~e of
Construction Total Cost
Bid, Permit No, Exterior
Date of Add'ns Pi~ing
Air Conditioning
.... He~in~
' Bld, Pe~it No
Fireplace
[~ ~ Patio
. ~ Value A/V Floor
S~TCH : ' Im~v, 100% Interior
, ~alue
~ 6- ~ Land ~00Z '
$ ~: ~ value
~ ~ HISTORY OF T~ VALUES
i~ROvEMENTS
.... . . ' t~ ~s cost
~ ~- - ASSESSmeNT P~TIO
.. ~ ' ""_ "" X.. _.~ - --~ ASSESSED V~UE
D,AG R,~,,M O,
EW
ADJ. % GOOD
~TED VALUE
VALUE ADD'L .STRUC.
ACCOUNT NUMBER
PROPERTY ID
Lot or Tract
Block
Addition
Abstract
0~0
PROPERTY ID
or Tract
tion
'tact
improvement Use
~'~11' · A2 E1 E2 F1
Improvement Specifications
Fireplace
Concrete
Mist ...........................
Year Built ......................
Percent Complete
Scale ~// P0 30
Date Measured
4O
other
TR
ADZ
~ SSUE BY
'FI
PeY
~f
BIOGRkPHICAL SKETCH FOR THE AGRICULTURAL INFOI~TION OFFYCE
TITLE ._._. Resource Development Spec~lipt ......... _ SINC~ __~t~ ~ ~
YEAR FIP~T EXT. EMPLOYED OTHER EXT. POSITIONS __ _N?ne
PRESET AREA OF RESPONSIB~I~[
_promre~s. includin~ ~r~aniza~%on~ ~ducation and activation ..........
BORN
COL.~S ATTENIIED~ I~ COURSES
BECE~
~ni~ers~lt¥ of Nebraska - Geography and E ~Cs - B.A
HONORS R~EIVED Signna Xi; Fell°w iD Texas ACademy of Science
BRIEF MILITARY RECORD __ Radio Trainee in latter part of Wpr~l~War I.
(Us addmumonal blank sheets if
MAIN PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
PLACE Normal, Illinois_
INSTITUTION/FIIhM Texas A. and M. College
TITLE
INSTITUTION/FII~v~;- ~_ L_aredo Charaber of Commerce
PLACE Lar_ 9d0, Texas T1T~
INSTITUTION/FIRM
PLACE
WIFE'S FULL ~IDFg~ NAIVE AND ~ garet Eunice ~eS Cen~er~
Nebraska
IflJSBAND' S FULL NAME AND WHERE ~D
IF WIDOW OR WIDO¥~ER, SO STATE
SEXES~ NAMES AND AGES OF CHILDREN Son~ Robert, 4.1; Daughter? ~aret: 38; and ....
DaBKhter, Barbara~ 35.
........... GRANI~HILDRENi NUMBER . 5 __
DATE March 19, 1963
(Use additional blank sheets if necessary)
IN IVERSITY ARCHIVES
I ~P, exas A&M Unive~'sity
[..._College Station. Texas
UN IVERSITY ARCH IV--ES ]
iversity [
Paine,
~x4 ~VI~I~SITY ARCHIVE~
iversity
A&M
in
edge
spokeswoman
Powell.
W
a
A&M
executive director of the former student
group in 1961.
He loved the
have to
place
Weirus
ARCHIVES
Y
TeXas
or
association in
its
said
the
rais-
Kyle
s
Visitor
of local
UNIVERSITY~ AR (~,~IIVE$
Texa~ A~M University
I (~!ollege ~tation~ Texas
pre
Thc
grove.
feature
calls,
lore and
habitats
ty's Center
in~
The ~
ofth~
mentary, by
WeiPus~ RicbaPd
?he Ba~a~icn
10-] ]-6'7
Biography
TEXAS A&M UNIV
~OLLEGE STATION,
To
Weir~ls,
Former
44th ~
lic
HemisFair
be
College.
is
IFCA
schools,
de-
of
social
The will
on
lite and
soci
Also attending the convention
will be Mrs. I~. R. Purcell Of
Houston, IFCA -president.
Weirus
Weirus,
Richard
"Buck"
ol
a rrish '6F
U~ IVERSITY ARCHIVES
A&M University
Station, Texas
f~ichard E. "Buck~' Weirt:s.
Class of '42, died of an
UNIVE1~f4ITY AR(~HIVE:
Pexas A&M [. n~vers~ty
College Station, I?exa.
Funeral se be held tomo wm' ~n Antonto
chard E. Buck We~rus wall be remembered as a
great leader at Texas A&M and a friend of many Aggies,
said those who kneTM him.
ltandy Matson,Weirus' e
S
rector ~2f the Association oi
Weirus will be sorely missec
"g
uck probably knew mo
anyone I'x3e ever kb. own, beca
get to know them, Matson sai
lease. 'th lot of them really lm
genuinely intemst.e,d in th~m.
The Ilniversitys Buck V¢
named in hi
Liza (
received the
dents,"
Hate
Weirus
Re-
for
so started
gnizing
degree
and
anna Burke A
BRYAN D/~.ii.Y r;A ;L~; ', .... B£OZRAiHY
WEI RUS. RiCHARL
direc~
1985
ill
ITluch
come for nothing!''
Class
Lucia, who came
1968, said Weims
and he could make
she ~ev~
a two-way streeL I
you, you've
She
you think, to
long as it was for
fion.' She also reca
ous times that
volunteers.
hardest, look
care about ~
As
"Randy"
layinl
nuallv to students performin~, excep-
fi~mat service~ in bellalf of their ielt~}w
StUdents.
Vohmleer (waiter in the dining hall), and
lettered in swimming, he recalled him as
the dru :? nationally-recognized
previous recipient of
presented Weirus
Others honored in
CiC. "Polly" Krueger '12 in-
t}~ '!Pat" Zachrv ~22; J. H.
'44,
~ Killian '26, and
beamed as she sat
a
nd Dianna~s husband
Weirus and his Wife
didn't.
incentives
the Assoc
back from
ference
active me!
neady 10050001
increased;
the Associati0
group in
recordkee
Scholarship
(more than
history books On 7
and tl~e Association
his guidance, tte
for the 1968
rooted
C.C.
It has
man's s
has made
By this measure, Richard
Wei~us '42 stan~s ~-~ore than 10-
and this was never more evide
January 4 when the San Ant°ni
Club bresented him its C.C.
Krueger Distinguished Service
Aggies from across Texas athere
· · g
Oak Hill Country Club to pay t
spects to this man who touch~
lives st) meaningfully.
The program was
King Jr. '52 and was
Hollimon '42 with just
of irreverence, tempered
Gen. Fred Westdn '29
tempts to chara<
claimed credit for a
tend Texas A&M. p
visualize and solve
his keen sense of humor.
was organizing the 56th ~
for the 7bxas National {
recruit Weirus. V,/eirus,
Field Artillery
at first, reasomn
get
killed on phrpose.'
"Buck Weirus is the finest officer that
ever served with )ne or under me,"' Gen.
Weslon concluded. Weirus attained the
rank of colonel before retiring.
A ~orto~ of the r0 ran~ devoted to
~ P g
Weirus' soFvit'e as Annual Fund DirectOr
(1961-64) and Executive Director of the
Association ~d- Former Students'~ (1964-
t980} was sha~,.d bv three who worked
closelv wilh him.
J. tF "Dick" t terve~
hi~
him [o leave
Board
w~
lIN IVERSITY ARCHIVES
It.xas ASz, lkl University
(Jollege Station, Texas