Canyon’s west-side residential district is anchored by the First United Pentecostal Church (1926; 1319 5th Avenue), a richly detailed, red brick Classical Revival temple. A portico with two pairs of monumental Ionic columns and a pediment has an entablature with brick used in the frieze zone wrapping the entire building.
Banker, civic leader, and West Texas Normal College administrator Travis Shaw engaged Dallas-based Lang and Witchell for a one-story Craftsman house at 1214 5th. Built in 1909, the house was enlarged with a second story by C. O. Kaiser in 1911. The irregular massing with a front facing bay and porch is similar to the Queen Anne style, but here the low roof pitch, deep overhangs with exposed rafter tails, and the horizontal emphasis of stringcourses mark a transition to a Craftsman mode.
The C. R. Burrow House (1911, O. G. Roquemore) at 1110 5th is basically a Craftsman bungalow, but a full second story projecting over the front porch gives a more vertical and heavy appearance. A few blocks away, Roquemore also designed the L. T. Lester House (1901; 310 8th Street), a classic Queen Anne with a round tower, and one of the few surviving examples in Canyon. This pattern-book house was built just a few years after the arrival of rail service made precut wood and trim available.