Two
story Italian Renaissance. Beige brick. Red to blue tile
roof. Hip roof w/front gable; brackets; bargeboards. Pavilion
on right has group of three windows w/transoms, each window
separated by a heavy brick pier. Recessed entry porch
w/triple arches and twisted columns. Iron rail balcony
under arched windows which are above porch; paired brackets.
Visor roof over main floor windows on left; paired brackets.
Orange chimney on right. Two story porte cochere on left
w/brick arch; arched windows separated by twisted column
on second floor. Corbeled brick cornice above.
OF
INTEREST:
The house, which was built for $25,000, was first occupied
by William Shook, a Dallas attorney and former mayor of
Rusk, Texas.
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