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David S. Castle House

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1916, David S. Castle Co. 1742 N. 2nd St.

One of the most prominent and prolific architects in Texas’s North Central region, David S. Castle (1884–1956) lived in this modest house his entire career. The two-story frame bungalow has a low-pitched hipped roof of composition shingles, and its porch roof and the lateral gables of the partial second floor end in jerkinheads. The house remains relatively unaltered.

Born in Michigan, Castle settled in Chicago, where he worked for the Chicago Telephone and Telegraph Company, taking classes at the Armour Institute (now Illinois Institute of Technology). He moved to Texas in 1910, working for Southwestern Bell Telephone and Fort Worth architect M. L. Waller. Castle opened a branch office for Waller in Abilene in 1912 and began independent practice in the city in 1914. In addition to many residential and commercial commissions in Abilene, Castle designed twenty buildings for the West Texas Utilities Company and numerous Public Works Administration-funded projects.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "David S. Castle House", [Abilene, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-SB30.

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, 309-309.

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