Giddings-Wilkin House, 805 Crockett Street, Brenham, Washington County, TX
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Summary
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
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Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Campbell, William
Hsieh, Tzung-Hu
Keese, Charles
Kwon, Jongwook
Marr, Thomas
McKittrick, Thomas
Torp, Bradley
Tseng, Fan-Hsing
Woodcock, David G, faculty sponsor
Texas A&M University, Department of Architecture, sponsor
Brendalan, Todd, delineator
Kartsounis, Viviene, delineator
Lin, Shien-Chung, delineator
Vidal, Alberto, delineator
Wright, Amanda, delineator
Location
brenham, 30.17385, -96.39211
Source
Library of Congress
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