Strunk-Woolsey House
Oakland, Colorado County, Texas
Marker Inscription
N/A - on Application Built about 1875. Early Texas open-hall or breezeway type of construction. Home of John Monroe Woolsey while a member of the 20th Legislature representing Colorado County.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built around 1875, this house is an example of the early Texas open-hall or breezeway style, with a central passage designed to catch the breeze in the days before mechanical cooling. It was the home of John Monroe Woolsey while he served in the 20th Legislature representing Colorado County. The dogtrot form ties it to the practical building traditions settlers carried into the state.
Why it matters
The house preserves a vernacular Texas building form and the residence of a nineteenth-century state legislator from Colorado County.
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