Goforth-Harris House
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vhasler
N 29° 53.103 W 097° 56.659
14R E 601938 N 3306516
The white Victorian house was built around 1905.
Waymark Code: WMKAQ9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/10/2014
Views: 12
The Victorian style home at 401 Comanche Street was built for a family, and now is the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house. The distinctive features mentioned on the historical plaque, which is by the front door, remain in good condition.
Marker Number: 14892
Marker Text:
T.J. Goforth, who founded a town with his name in Hays County, built this house c. 1905. Eight years later, he sold the house to Thomas Green Harris, first president of Texas State University and later president of San Marcos Academy. Harris was a mathematics teacher and administrator for more than forty years in Georgia and Texas. The house has been a single-family residence, apartments, and a sorority house. The Goforth-Harris House shows characteristic Victorian era features. A curved double gallery fills the space between the main block and the ell. Distinctive details include projecting bays brick chimneys, turned posts, fish scale shingles, pendants, and jigsawn brackets in the gable ends.
Recorded Texas Landmark - 2008
Marker is property of the State of Texas.
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