| 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 |
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| 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 |
