918 W Oak - West Denton Residential Historic District - Denton, TX
N 33° 12.952 W 097° 08.533
14S E 673134 N 3676756
Known as the Lipscomb-Doggett House, the Craftsman-style house at 918 W Oak St is a contributing building in the West Denton Residential Historic District.
Waymark Code: WM14ADJ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2021
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While this house is a Registered Texas Historic Landmark and has a
Texas Historical Marker of its own, the National Register's Registration Form notes its 1895 construction, and provides an alternate narrative:
Dr. Priestly Lipscomb (1869-1942) built this house for his wife, Molly Binyon (1871-1942). W.T. Doggett (1883-1957), superintendent of Denton City Schools, purchased the home in 1920 and updated it with modern Craftsman-style exterior
features. The Superintendent of Denton City School, William Doggett, purchased the house in September 1921. The Doggett family owned the house until 2004.
Craftsman style houses feature low-pitched, gabled (sometimes hipped) roofs with wide, unenclosed eave overhands. Roof rafters are typically exposed complemented with beams or braces commonly under gables. Porches are either full or partial width to the front of the house with roof supports featuring tapered square columns or columns on pedestals extending to ground level. Additional details include triangular knee braces supporting overhanging eaves, exterior chimneys, gabled dormers with windows, and use of stone and/or masonry pillars. An example of Oriental Craftsman styles house is at 818 West Oak. Typical examples fill Congress, Egan, and Panhandle streets.