Creswell Half-Dugout, Concho, Concho County, TX

Significance: The stone-constructed Creswell half-dugout is architecturally significant as a late and unusually large example of its type once common in the region in the period of first settlement. The situation of the house, in the side of a ledge on the second of three natural stone terraces overlooking the Colorado River, is exceptionally beautiful. The site is culturally significant because of its associations with Lem Creswell, a member of the second generation of one of the first ranching families in the area and son of the builder of the stone Creswell-Rozzle house (HABS No. TX-3352), located across the river at the Creswell's Bend Ranch.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N94
Survey number: HABS TX-3356