1890's Kilgore House Gainesville TX
By the laws of probability, this house should not even be standing today; I took photos of it back in the 1990's and it had reached such an advanced state of neglect and deterioration that demolition or collapse seemed its inevitable fate. Yet somehow by whatever preservation miracle occured the house is not only still standing but shows evidence that stablization and restoration are underway. (I'll post some scanned 20 year-old analog photos for comparison soon) This small mansion, like most of the finer brick Victorians in Gainesville, is the design and work of local Builder-Architect John Grundy Garrett who began his career as a cabinet maker, then contractor-builder, and later architect-builder. Garrett designed and built this house for William Kilgore, a former Confederate officer who owned a furniture business just up the street (the former furniture store building is still standing too) It is among the smallest brick Victorians from Garrett who himself lived in a modest frame Victorian which has likely been lost during the flood about a decade ago.
1890's Kilgore House Gainesville TX
By the laws of probability, this house should not even be standing today; I took photos of it back in the 1990's and it had reached such an advanced state of neglect and deterioration that demolition or collapse seemed its inevitable fate. Yet somehow by whatever preservation miracle occured the house is not only still standing but shows evidence that stablization and restoration are underway. (I'll post some scanned 20 year-old analog photos for comparison soon) This small mansion, like most of the finer brick Victorians in Gainesville, is the design and work of local Builder-Architect John Grundy Garrett who began his career as a cabinet maker, then contractor-builder, and later architect-builder. Garrett designed and built this house for William Kilgore, a former Confederate officer who owned a furniture business just up the street (the former furniture store building is still standing too) It is among the smallest brick Victorians from Garrett who himself lived in a modest frame Victorian which has likely been lost during the flood about a decade ago.