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HABS TEX,239-BREN,2- (sheet 1 of 16) - Giddings-Wilkin House, 805 Crockett Street, Brenham, Washington County, TX
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HABS TEX,239-BREN,2- (sheet 1 of 16) - Giddings-Wilkin House, 805 Crockett Street, Brenham, Washington County, TX
Description
Campbell, William; Hsieh, Tzung-Hu; Keese, Charles; Kwon, Jongwook; Marr, Thomas; McKittrick, Thomas; Torp, Bradley; Tseng, Fan-Hsing; Woodcock, David G, faculty sponsor; Texas AandM University, Department of Architecture, sponsor; Brendalan, Todd, delineator; Kartsounis, Viviene, delineator; Lin, Shien-Chung, delineator; Vidal, Alberto, delineator; Wright, Amanda, delineator
Depicted place Texas; Washington County; Brenham
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS TEX,239-BREN,2- (sheet 1 of 16)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • 1991 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place
  • Significance: The GIddings-Wilkin House was built in 1843 as a 1-1/2 story residence by Jabez Deming Giddings for bride, Ann Tarver. Between 1860 and 1872 the house was enlarged to a full two story structure with bay windows and front porch on the first floor and an attached kitchen in the rear. The main house has a zinc-lined recessed roof-reservoir behind a deep cornice. The collected rainwater provided insulation and fire protection, and fed an underground cistern for use in the home. The best quality cedar, cypress, pine and oak were used in the construction and additions to the house...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-204
  • Survey number: HABS TX-3364
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/tx0638.sheet.00001a
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