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Historic Homes of Georgetown Texas on Olive Street
 

circa 1905

Wilcox Graves House - 1905
1403 Olive Street
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Wilcox-Graves House. 1403 Olive. One and-a-half-story wood-frame dwelling; exterior walls with 117/121 siding; hip roof with composition shingles; hip dormers; front elevation faces west; interior brick chimney; wood-sash double-hung and fixed windows with 1/1 lights; single-door entrance; three-bay porch within front projecting ell; Doric columns, slat-wood balustrade. Other noteworthy features include single, large oval lights in entrance door; narrow oval lights in sidelights; Doric pilasters on front dormer; shingle siding on bases of Doric pilasters; molding over windows; bay window on north elevation with angled corners and stained glass in center window. Outbuildings include double garage and storage building.

Primary area of significance: architecture. A good example of an early twentieth century vernacular dwelling. D. P. Wilcox was part owner of Wilcox Bros. Book and Jewelry Store. Former home of Judge H. N. Graves.

 

circa 1909

1408 Olive Street
M.C. Amos House

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Martin C. Amos House. 1408 Olive. Two story wood-frame dwelling with Georgian plan; exterior walls with weatherboard siding; gambrel roof with composition shingles with extended eaves; front elevation faces east; two exterior stone chimneys with corbeled cap; wood-sash double-hung windows with 12/1 lights; single-door entrance with transom and sidelights; three-bay porch inset within east elevation; porch is supported by inverted-taper box columns that rest on stone pedestals; bay openings of porch spanned with triangular arches; long, shed-roof dormer with exposed rafter ends on east and west elevations; second floor of north and south elevations with wood-shingle siding; house rests on stone foundations; carport extends from south elevation. Outbuildings include a small frame garage with board-and-batten construction.

Primary area of significance: architecture. One of Belford's more unusual residences-one of three houses in Georgetown with gambrel roof. Martin Amos was a professor at Southwestern University.

circa 1885

1409 Olive Street - 1885
Home of Judge Harry graves
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This home was common in Georgetown during the 1880 and 1900s. The Irvine Lumber Company incorporated Victorian ornamentation using spindle frieze and turned post balustrade. This home is only one of two known to built by the lumber company
 

circa 1913

1307 Olive Street
DK Wilcox House

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D. K. & Inez Wilcox House. 1307 Olive. Two-story wood-frame dwelling; exterior walls with weatherboard siding; hip roof with composition shingles; front elevation faces west; two interior brick chimneys; wood-sash double-hung windows with 1/1 lights; single-door entrance with transom and sidelights; one-story three-bay porch with hip roof L-shape in south and west elevations; Doric columns on brick piers, slat-wood balustrade. Other noteworthy features include transom, sidelights and entry door lights divided into small squares and rectangles of beveled glass; crown molding on window facings of first floor; louvered shutters on western and some southern windows. Outbuildings include wood-frame double garage.

Primary area of significance: architecture. A good example of an early twentieth century Belford-built dwelling. D. K. Wilcox was part owner of Wilcox Bros. Book & Jewelry Store.

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