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B. S. Walker House

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1922. 1000 E. Connell St.

On the northeast edge of town, on a prominence near the town’s water tower, Breckenridge S. Walker, developer, rancher, and president of the First National Bank, built this imposing twin-gabled house, which sits atop a terraced hill on a very large lot, giving it a manorial prospect in keeping with its English country house appearance. As in other North Central Texan towns where oil brought sudden wealth, those who benefited celebrated by erecting new houses patterned on those along Elizabeth Boulevard in Fort Worth and Swiss Avenue in Dallas.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA)
Swenson Memorial Museum (First National Bank)
Stephens County Courthouse

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "B. S. Walker House", [Breckenridge, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-FC13.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 289-289.

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