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HomeMy WebLinkAboutArchitectural Tour 040804STEPHEN Fox AN ARCHITEC UR 'N B R Y A Central railroad line. The valley, the foremost cotton production The outbreak of the Brazos County. The through accordingly. merit, s© that, the street grid on had conveyed in the be inscribed in a diamo · Houston. in the southern part of align- repeated Rice, and Ennis. Calvert, Bremond, Kosse, Thornton, Groesbeck, Mexfa, on BRYAN 1 Exit the Highway 6 Bypass tO resen Briarcrest Drive, the historic building, Memorial Hall professor gated end of t at the then to St, tract the Ursuline 192c~ the been in when t York the onlybuiIdingin At Osborn, of houses ly, who c most C~urcb to ~eigh- neighbor- setup tables in refers west on Martin where t Church 500 E. Martin hag its site since 1870. · of Kosse's ; African- r of dome give the 504 tior family member the t 1952). Its materials of 15 Woodcock; the steeple finishing touch. Robert Martin its conclusion, past the School ( 1949 Kemp one finds that the with in Bryan. The have been of The Lawrence Shed of the Bryan Compress and Warehouse Co. complex in the 1000 block of N. Bryan Avenue (c. 1930s) is one of the most intact reminders of Bryan s ~dennf~canon w~th cotton and the railroad. The 6-bay~ metal surfaced shed with its saw-toothed profiles is striking in its simplicity and repetition. duplex cottages working landscape represent- ed by the cotton sheds and the railroad tracks. Adjoining the sheds on the south are a pair of 1950s modern struc- tures, the Bryan Central Fire Station Drill Tower at 802 N. the ,~ Next door to · mark, the N. Main the Houston Ice & Brewing scalloped gable and high*set sidewalk terminate the vista down Main Avenue. Across the street the 20th and 22nd were once part of the G. S. Parker t opera- E. 22nd. as does N. Main and Brazos onal s them as the Allen the sec[or downtown the Bryan Norton nels m the fore- ion ewd Trust Co. N Main apet >f a Bryan ~RYAN ~ family bank; William J, Bryan's descendants are still connected with it. At 100 N. Main and W. 26th. housed Bryan's th Like the int despite The ~ 27th Mair Street, at 200 S. are ~ ( 1998 TN town plan, that century this lack, city hall by leav Group of Houston, David G. Woodeock of ed park air ~ park Ave, square 1900s through the 19_30s. The Masonic building was ,20th- on James E. Hotel Charles but it was his son Charles 1 s an Halt in its Grand 3:2 S, Bryan Ave. line the that S~op at Wootvaortb's cafes and shops, rather in is St. at217W. build- brick, neo-Gothic tower is Astin Memorial :he street at 216 Oscar )f the lement, along live oak Side has having elite neighborhoods. ~ on ~ at lectic 4 BRYAN ment of the I&GN tracks, harking back to Parker House Congress and W. Victorian villa, with a cast iron ~ advance Miltican cedar trees leading the Parker House. In the block of ! behind the corrugated, House thai professor its pretensions mi Side vernacul; Swiss Avenue grandmanner. I&GN track the tiny home to gregation and a very the and his is the much Anti des Sullivan as the 12th-century church Michele, Pavia mer site of St. at 308 W. 28th St, ~ an early now the dean of I Movin of th, tion Bryan. Nearby at 1201 Ridgedale, in another Many in the O0 a across the com~ subsequent- Jr. had been and fire ;: Regent is Jr.) was B R Y A N town Bryan Courthollsi ( 1956 Scott & / abandoned the schools was the modernis Bryan's ~ ern bui side of l wi tt tine, centered wings on been tion the up to this ored r the Dallas Ave. the 20th cer 27th andE. between name of this reflect this. lts role Main Ave. lots, In the 1988, from as called an re* Matthews's tribute to MacKie & Kamrath's St Bryan 1929), designed most prolif- derer- ingled house was 8th St. and S. Houston a stream- faced with ~ the top i on a fOCUS s in Bryan. Another Astin at The W. Olin ganders of Sanders, Jr., and is still contributes Houston archi- first dass 1910) at 615 E. 29th St, and S. Baker. The popularity of progressive architecture in Bryan is attested by the Dr. Sebom C. Richardson House at 811 E. 29th. At the edge of the district at 307 S. Coulter Drive and E. 29th is the columned, 6 BRYAN Ave. clothier R~sselt Brown ( The 712 E. 30th St. scaled C. E. Jenkins-built The William R. Cavitt (1876 Haswel! Victorian house and one est buildi~ especially rehabilitated and Mrs. Paul Van pied the hous~ Phillips Addition. by C. E. Jenkins is the first at 508 E. 30th St, and S, Hill (1902). W Olin Sanders his home territory, The' House at 600 E, story French provincial S. Ennis St, and E al style J. M. Jones House partner J. B, Atkinson c & Harris on th, School (1939) at Austin anchors Giesecke firm's Martin High Near it, at 715 E. 31st! Spanish of tN trict is E. 31 st and S. Haswelt, moved to this site in 1984 and restored by Dr. and Mrs. J Russell Bradley. AtE 31st St. andT01 S. Texas Ave. is the Searcy Clinic (1950), a low-lying, Frank ins Texas Ave. is the J. H. Conway House, the last of the old'""College Avenue" grand avenue houses. one that Was re-engi- udio St. leads 1940s St. is · altered · House a jour- ,* of the at 3101 Green tO n the At their west B R YAN undeveloped territory on the southeast side of town. This makes ma~ Parkwa:~ (1961) which is and the East 29th Street He McGinnis Cavit Hi ing completior first of sun garden Earl C. ( 1959) an especially Texas, tinuous ~ Land Commissioner four- & Loan Charti, turalb roof in 1998. Partners [ames H of the same for at 2909-2919 c.1956), also features a :linics Elinic 1953, at 3500 $. roof, framed ~ides of the street are several duplex Yhese spiH e. Built and Fitch, this was the partners as ¥iny designed area (no longer .pitched Dr. is beam roof deck. firm designed by Frederick W. sor of landscape tect I- house at 100 E. 1 was the c architect Brookside Dr. is Hous~ dense rolling suburban lawns of North Oakwood. The combination of lime- stone, wood, and brick iden- tifies the contemporary style Brazos A. Varisco HOuse at 415 E Brookside (c. t952~ as the work of Norton & Mayfield. Bryan's first modern house is the now slightly altered Margaret Pearce House ( 1941) at 303 Crescent Dr. by Houston architects MacKie & Kamrath. The most stun- ning modern house in North Oakwood is the Clifton C. Carter House at 4l ! Crescent Dr. ( 1956), Carter. an LBJ architecture ~ Crescent Drive ( 1946), in North I Oakwood is lc 1952), On the east side ( leads to the ir and the Andrew L. Ogg House (c. 1954) at 801 Tanglewood by William E. Nash with Harry S. Ransom, which displays a sectionally activated profile. Across S. Texas Ave. from North { archi- domed c unassuming entrance a line-up the made major the BRYAN 9 TEXAS In 1 access tile, of] mic When TY institu- ~ of center future Eo of a disci- ;through new campus frequency on role in a de Texas A&M got wave 2ret of a that symbolize derail in and and the new acade- any sense 11[ rlr i i ' n 11111r 10 [T ~x,~s became a Yoeki against and :lepartment ritual fever- Electrical To the ~ F. history of the A&:M play off the (1924, now Dahl Butler of the Research the few cam- ;ide presence of Harringtor, San Antonio, a Ford. The Library Evans consumed funding. South detailed the west beneath its buildings that has lost its Industries appear axls 1s to rise movie palace. a 1920s aphy and Langford architects), lawn Evans Library the ings appear to be buildings on hal of of of Dallas, Dallas, the Science Library a also The Houston and seem C O L L E G E I 0 N campus open subdivision at East Gate and the new The campus was in the ,1920s a south early 1930s, 1930s, and institu- College Main St. In by professor 1929 until 1956, the 1920s, it in size. the Spanish the El 16 COLLEGE STATION A&M architecture Lawyer, details complement the CRS-like use of hard red treatment is the North Gate is the and N. centinua- leads to by John of the A&M Church of with Milton Fm and N. Church is 1 C4R. Texas Park nd the archi- 970s. ives the City bilitate North University was the f and once many of the Center was have Station Timber Lane leads through Newton. Adjo ning is canterbury House (1975) by David G. t E Dexter Lenard Gabert & W. and the first W er House 3exter. on park, architec- 511 screened Lee in a rest tie, College Park launched Professor Clark on a long career as one of College Station's fore- most residential real estate developers. Station architect 340 George up what would become enclave of College descends at on its site to nicate the enthusiasm for of post The Knoll. the Reck Zweig A&M, is lecated. i's 10 Foley's Scott & White Clinic (1982); its of the 20 COLI_EG£ STATION