Amos-Godbey House
Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Built in 1909 by the C.S. Belford Lumber Company, this was originally the home of Southwestern University German professor Martin C. Amos (d. 1911) and his family. It was later purchased by another member of the University faculty, chemistry professor John Campbell Godbey, who lived here until 1965. Features of the home include a gambrel roof and three-bay inset front porch with stone piers. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1988.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built in 1909 for Southwestern University's German professor Martin C. Amos, this Georgetown house passed to another faculty member, chemistry professor John Campbell Godbey, who made it his home for decades. Its gambrel roof and stone-piered inset porch mark the comfortable domestic architecture of a university town in early-twentieth-century Central Texas. The dwelling ties together two generations of Southwestern's teaching faculty.
Why it matters
Faculty homes like this one show how a small Methodist university shaped the social and architectural fabric of the Texas towns that grew up around it.
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Related people
- · Martin C. Amos
- · John Campbell Godbey
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