Details for Gilbreath-Cowsert House
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5069002185
Data
| Marker Number | 2185 |
| Atlas Number | 5069002185 |
| Marker Title | Gilbreath-Cowsert House |
| Index Entry | Gilbreath-Cowsert House |
| Address | 404 W. Halsell St. |
| City | Dimmitt |
| County | Castro |
| UTM Zone | 13 |
| UTM Easting | 746190 |
| UTM Northing | 3827066 |
| Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings; law, lawyers; vernacular (Architectural term); merchantiles |
| Marker Year | 1991 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | Castro County Historical Museum, N side W. Halsell St. (FM 2392) between NW 3rd and NW 5th streets. Marker reported faded Nov. 2015. |
| Private Property | |
| Marker Condition | |
| Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
| Marker Text | Tennessee native Jeff T. Gilbreath moved his family to this area in 1905. The owner of a local mercantile store, he built this house in 1909. He sold it in 1910 to county attorney Mark Cowsert, whose family lived here until 1912. The house changed ownership a number of times before the Castro County Museum purchased it in 1976. A fine example of early 20th-century vernacular housing, it features a bay window and hipped roof with gables. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1991 |