Connally-Musselman House - Charnwood Residential Historic District - Tyler, TX
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N 32° 20.535 W 095° 18.014
15S E 283515 N 3580698
An eclectic combination of Italianate and "Texas Prairie" style built between 1906 and 1908. The spacious yard is traversed by brick walks, shaded by a variety of beautiful trees, and is surrounded by the original cast iron fence.
Waymark Code: WMQZ4H
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/17/2016
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Atop a gently sloping hill approximately mile south of Tylers original town square, the L-shaped, 12 block Charnwood Residential Historic District includes a variety of large and small late 19th and early 20th century residences. The districts visual and historical focal point is Charnwood Street where expansive residences built for Tylers elite are clustered, and where a few modest pioneer cabins from the early 1860s are now contained within existing dwellings. The Charnwood Residential Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999and was the first neighborhood in Tyler to be honored with National Register status.
City of Tyler
Walter Connally, a successful Tyler businessman, built this gracious house for his family between 1904 and 1908. He employed Dallas architects Hubbell and Green and is remembered for his meticulous recording of costs associated with this construction project. Solid horizontal lines of the house are reminiscent of the square, Italianate Style, but some of “Texas Prairie” is also evident. Contemporary status symbols – thick leaded windows, beveled glass, stained glass windows – are used throughout the house. The interior is greatly influenced by the Craftsman style with wide use of exposed oak and birch and a variety of styles in fireplace mantels. The house remained a Connally home for three generations until 1978, when it was purchased by the current family.