Banks-Ogg House
602 Groesbeck St., East, Lufkin, TXA very good example of transitional late Victorian/early 20th-century residence: asymmetrical form, pressed metal roof, and wrap-around veranda essentially Victorian, but Doric columns and siding suggest the 20th century. Built ca. 1900-1905 for the Banks family. He was associated with the Lufkin Land and Lumber Company established in 1900. The family moved to San Antonio ca. 1915. Their son Stanley Banks was chairman of the Texas State Historical Association for several years. He is retired and living in San Antonio (may be 96 years old). Leila Cockrell, former mayor of San Antonio, is the grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Banks. Part of an early residential area developed north of the central business district. Shown on the 1927 Sanborn maps. The area of significance is architecture at the local level.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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