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Historic tour
By DAVID HOWELL
Eagle staff writer
It was as ff time stood still.
Turn-of-the*century silver cutlery,
antique furniture and toys from a
bygone age all were on display at two
neighboring homes just south of Texas
A&M's campus.
Lancaster House at 303 Dexter and the
highlights 'C
Clark-Arth House at 305 Dexter were
part of this past weekend's Brazos
Heritage Societ~"s historic homes tour
called "The Classics of Early College
Station."
The annual tour also took in the
Beezley-Owen-Pruitt House at 900 Park
Place and the' McQuillen-Stropp House
at 1006 Park Place.
The Spanish ColOnial.style Lancaster
house was built in 1927 and is still
inhabited by members of the LanCaster
clan.
The house was built by Robert Roy
and Erma Lancaster, who moved to
Station native Fort
that Kathy Grant. who later married
crooner Bing Crosby once stayed there
as the guest of an Aggie,
William and Mary Lancaster now
ow~ the family property.
'Tm just happy CoLlege Station has
some history, even ff it isn't as old as
Bryan.'' Mary Lancaster said. "We've
lived here so long and we wanted this
area to have its r~ognition."
She said it was on~ of the few times
the tour has focused on College Station,
mainly becaUse feW homes in the city
are more than 50 years old.
Next door, at No. 305, lives the
Lancasters daughter. Laura Arth.
Arth bought the angular house
early 1980s. It was built in 1924 by
'of College Station
and Margaret Duncan Mimms all
have A&M buildings nmned for them.
Last year, 600 people completed the
historic homes tour, helping raise $5,000
for the renovation of the Carnegie
Library in Bryan. said the society's
Karen Hadaway.
The library and a community history.
project are slated to benefit from this
year's proceeds, she added.
fab-
and
NOrthern
eoofs~ a cellar and
live on a
1~ achievers:
four people Who l~ved on Dexter --
Pinky D~wns, Dan Scoates, Pat otsen
'[he Brazos Heritage Society's Historic Home tour included 8 stop
The h0~tm i~t(~des a bathroom, at
~ SCience
c~°Se~si Mrs,
France,
To ~emind her
cation,
CO~ege Station
ago with their three Chil~ren and
bou~t the Beezley home,ShOrtly ~here.
after.
~ey fe~ in love with :their neighbor:
h~ and neighbors.
"We have had ~ annual caroling
party for the neig.hbo~ 10 C?triS~ases
now," explained ~ty.
pubi'-ic
,
ca;npus.
look like a col0rful glaz-s pot-
The house at 303 'DeXter and
Dexter, the
v~A1 k~ on the
homes were built
are ~ now, or $7 at
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