circa 1895

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C.C. Cody House - 1895
304 East University Avenue
 

This home was built for Dr Cody (some times call the "Grand Old Man") and Mrs. Martha Cody. Dr Cody was a long time professor at Southwestern for 37 years - he stared out as a mathematics professor and later became Southwestern Collage's first dean. 

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Georgia native Claude Carr Cody (1854-1923) worked at Southwestern University for 37 years, serving as a mathematics professor and university administrator. He was known as the "Grand Old Man of Southwestern." He wed Martha "Mattie" Hughes in 1883, and her father, judge and legislator Thomas P. Hughes, gave them this lot, adjacent to one he had given to another daughter, Lonetta Booty. The Codys completed their home by 1897. The Free Classic Queen Anne house features Doric columns, an octagonal corner bay and a distinctive oval window. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2005

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

circa 1889

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Gus A. Booty House - 1889
308 East University Avenue
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 This beautiful home was lost to a fire last year

    
circa 1886

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409 East University Ave.
George Irvine House
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George Irvine House. Two-story wood-frame dwelling with T plan; exterior walls with weather-board siding; intersecting gable roof with composition shingles; box eaves; jig-sawn bargeboards and carved brackets; front elevation faces south; interior brick chimney; wood-sash double-hung windows with 2/2 lights; two, single-door entrances; one-bay porch with shed roof on south elevation; brick supports. Other noteworthy features include three-sided one-story window bay on east elevation; broad frieze with jig-sawn base; paired, compound brackets; paired windows in second story above window bay with decorative trim above windows; similar detailing on second floor of projecting ell on south elevation; molded window facings throughout; primary entrance on south elevation with transom; one-story addition on west and north elevation; one-story wing to west is, according to current owners, the original (pre-1886) house; lot overgrown.

Primary area of significance: architecture and association with a prominent individual. A good example of a late nineteenth-century dwelling in Georgetown. Retains much of its 1886 appearance and character. Built by lumberman George Irvine, a Scottish immigrant, for his own residence. George and Tom Irvine were owners and operators of the Irvine Brothers Lumber Co. in the early 1880s. It was the first planing mill in Georgetown. When his brother died in 1885, George Irvine operated the business until 1892, when he sold it to Moses Harrell and Charles S. Belford. The company eventually became Belford Lumber Co.
 

George Irvine House - Historical Marker Text
Scottish native George Irvine (1841-1936) built this two-story frame home for his family in 1886. The founder of the Irvine Brothers Lumber Co. (later the Belford Lumber Co.), Irvine was a civic leader who served on the school board, the city council, and the vestry of Grace Episcopal Church. In 1922 he sold the house to postmaster Simon J. Enochs, who made modifications to its original Italianate detailing in the 1930s.

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M. B. and Annie Lockett House. 811 E. University. Two-story wood-frame dwelling with modified L plan; exterior walls with weatherboard siding; intersecting gable roof with composition shingles; box eaves; front elevation faces south; three interior brick chimneys with corbeled caps; wood-sash double-hung windows with 2/2 lights and 4/4 lights; single-door entrance with transom; one-story five-bay porch on south elevation; chamfered wood posts with molded caps; slat and jig-sawn wooden balustrade. Other noteworthy features include one-story window bay on east elevation; bay with 1/1-light inset windows; paneled base, bell-cast hip roof; and jig sawn frieze; stick bargeboard with some jig sawn details; molding on window facing. Outbuildings include a modern garage.

Primary area of significance: architecture and association with a prominent individual. A good example of a late nineteenth-century vernacular L-plan dwelling. Built for prominent merchant M.B. Lockett whose store was at 119 W. 7th (Site No. 38).

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904 E. University Ave
A.S. Pegues House

Dr Pegues
 

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J. H. Reedy House
908 East University Ave.
 

J. H. Reedy House. Two story wood-frame dwelling with asymmetrical plan; exterior walls with weatherboard siding; hip roof with gables with composition shingles; box eaves; front elevation faces north; interior brick chimney with corbeled cap; wood sash double-hung windows with 1/1 lights; single-door entrance with transom and sidelights; one-story eight-bay porch with hip roof wraps around north, east, and west elevations; Doric columns; turned wood balustrade. Other noteworthy features include oval art-glass window on the north elevation. Outbuildings include frame one-story garage.

Primary area of significance: architecture. An example of late Victorian architecture. Also was Kappa Sigma Fraternity from 1913 to 1938. Built for J. H. Reedy, a chemistry professor at Southwestern University.

 

W.C. Vaden House, 1907
711 East University Ave.
 

A professor of Latin and his wife (the former Kate Lockett) were the first owners of this early 20th century "eclectic" home. Noteworthy for its asymmetrical massing and eliptical arch opening on the front gable, the structure successfully combines a variety of geometric shapes (ovals, rectangles, elipses and arches). Also distinctive is the choice of a simple, single door entrance. Note the finials and balustrade on the upper gallery with its connecting balconies.

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Prominent local builder Charles S. Belford completed this home for Wesley Carrol Vaden and his wife Kate (Lockett) in 1908. Eclectic in design, the residence features Queen Anne styling with classical influences favored by Vaden, a Virginia native and a professor of Latin and Greek at Southwestern University for over 40 years. The home's notable elements include inset balconies, an oval window, elliptical arched openings, and shingled gable detailing. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1992