Jessie Crockett House - Main Street Historic District - Chappell Hill, TX
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N 30° 08.443 W 096° 15.443
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Constructed in 1907, the Jessie Crockett House is a restored Victorian-style cottage in the history-rich town of Chappell Hill, TX. Once the residence of the local Postmaster, it is currently a home-style food restaurant.
Waymark Code: WMN6MB
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/05/2015
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Chappell Hill's NRHP Main Street Historic District is an area covering 36 buildings, most of them built between 1850 and 1915 and reflecting the many variations in architectural style within that period in history. For more information on this particular Historic District, please see the following waymark: (
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The founding of the town of Chappell Hill is contributed to Mary Hargrove Haller who purchased a 100-acre site in this part of Texas on February 2, 1847 and subsequently commissioned a survey and the plotting of town lots. Just three years later, Mary Haller and her husband Jacob began building a two-story frame house now known as the "Stagecoach Inn" at the northwest corner of the center of that new town.
Towards the southern end of the district lies the Jessie Crockett House, a Victorian-style cottage originally built in 1907 and reflecting the "latter era" of the district's overall 1850-1915 time period. As described by its current owner, the "
Bevers Kitchen" cafe:
"For many years it was known as the "Crockett House" after its long time owner, Jessie Crockett, Chappell Hill's postmaster from 1915-1935. Many residents took piano lessons here, presumably from Jessie's wife. The home was later used as a rental property, the Greenhouse Restaurant, and a weekend retreat. When Ann Bevers first bought the property in 1981, it was a ceiling fan store. She sold it in 1982, then bought it back in 1984 and opened a combination cafe and real estate office."
Per the
Texas Historical Commission Atlas records, the "house" includes the following features:
"Although this modified Victorian cottage stylistically reflects an earlier date of construction, deed records support the early 20th century period. Lshape plan with chamfered bay extension featuring scroll bracket at corners and fish scale siding, even in gable end. Front gallery supported by turned posts with scroll brackets at frieze. Balustrade encloses porch. Lattice-like porch base. Single entry door and 2/2 wooden sash windows, some of which retain shutters. Gable roof with composition shingles. Windows and porch steps repaired and replaced as needed. Jessie Crockett was Chappell Hill's Postmaster for several years."