Martin-Lowe House - Clarendon, TX
N 34° 56.231 W 100° 53.670
14S E 326980 N 3867716
Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, the Martin-Lowe House is a beautiful Victorian home at 507 W 5th St, Clarendon, TX.
Waymark Code: WMZ6PD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/19/2018
Views: 2
The house is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and a 1982 Texas Historical Marker in the front yard provides some background:
Local merchants J.G. and F.D. Martin built this house in 1904. Rancher James M. Calhoun owned the property from 1910 to 1914 and cattleman Robert H. Muir from 1914 to 1926. Muir sold the residence in 1926 to Sam W. Lowe, a college educator, merchant, stock farmer, and civic and church leader who served three terms as Donley County Judge. Lowe died in 1968, but his wife of 53 years, Lilac, continued to occupy the house until 1981.
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The National Register's Nomination Form (Secondary Website 1) provides a breakdown of the home's architectural details, inside and out, noting the lives and civic contributions of the families who have owned it. The home's own website (Secondary Website 2) provides some more contemporary photos, along with some overlapping information taken from the National Register, and a bit of an update about the house's purchase in 1982 by Zell SoRelle, and its subsequent restoration. As of this posting, the Martin-Lowe House is ready for a new owner, and can be purchased for $449,000.
Street address:
507 W 5th St
Clarendon, TX USA
79226
County / Borough / Parish: Donley
Year listed: 1985
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Domestic
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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