Lou Della Crim Home
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N 32° 23.297 W 094° 52.615
15S E 323452 N 3585024
Texas historical marker located at 201 North Longview Street in Kilgore, TX.
Waymark Code: WMKVH6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2014
Views: 6
Marker Number: 9940
Marker Title: Lou Della Crim Home
Index Entry: Crim, Lou Della, Home
Address: 201 N. Longview St.
City: Kilgore
County: Gregg
UTM Zone: 15
UTM Easting: 323370
UTM Northing: 3585088
Subject Codes: Bungalow (Architectural style); houses, residential buildings; oil/petroleum topics; women
Year Marker Erected: 1981
Designations: na
Marker Location:
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 9940
Marker Text:
This bungalow style residence was constructed in 1920 for Lou Della (Thompson) Crim (b. 1868), on the former site of the Hearne Hotel. The farm she owned at Laird Hill (4 mi. S) was part of an oil exploration project headed by her son Malcolm, later the first Kilgore mayor, and local financier Ed Bateman. Her property gained national attention on Dec. 28, 1930, when the Bateman-Crim Wildcat Well No. 1, the discovery well for this area of the significant East Texas oil field, blew in there. Area Rangers, including the celebrated Capt. M. T. (Lone Wolf) Gonzaullas, were housed here. (1981)
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