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Pauline Jacobs and O. R. Walker House

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1937, O. R. Walker. 2003 17th St.

This small but unusual house was designed by Lubbock architect Orville R. Walker (1898–1974) for his family. At the time of its completion the asymmetrically organized, flat-roofed, buff brick house was described in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal as “ultra modern.” It was designed to be fireproof, insect and rodent proof, and sandstorm proof, the last an important consideration on the South Plains. The Walker House was also equipped with indirect lighting and central air-conditioning.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Lubbock High School
South Overton Residential Historic District
Broadway Church of Christ
Nannie Jennings and M. C. Overton House
St. Elizabeth University Parish (St. Elizabeth Catholic Church)

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Pauline Jacobs and O. R. Walker House", [Lubbock, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-LK16.4.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 384-384.

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