Edward L. and Margaret Seewald Roberts House
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas
Marker Inscription
The Edward Llewellyn (1886-1983) and Margaret Seewald (1896-2001) Roberts house was designed by Harold Walsh in 1949 under heavy input from the Roberts. A student of Georgia O’Keeffe while at Amarillo High School, Margaret went on to achieve national recognition as an etcher and sculptor. Built as a nod to Santa Fe, New Mexico, architecture, the home features an irregular ranch-style floor plan. Notable features of the home include Santa Fe motifs such as exposed beams and woodwork carved by Roberts herself. The southwestern theme is rounded out with stucco fireplaces and stone floors. RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK – 2016
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Designed by Harold Walsh in 1949 with heavy input from its owners, this Amarillo home was built as a nod to Santa Fe architecture, with an irregular ranch-style plan, exposed beams, stucco fireplaces, and stone floors. Its co-owner, Margaret Seewald Roberts—once a student of Georgia O'Keeffe at Amarillo High School—earned national recognition as an etcher and sculptor and carved much of the home's woodwork herself.
Why it matters
The house is a personal work of art by a nationally recognized woman artist, linking a small-town Texas home to the wider currents of American Southwestern art.
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Related people
- · Margaret Seewald Roberts
- · Edward Llewellyn Roberts
- · Harold Walsh
- · Georgia O'Keeffe
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