Standley House
1607 Tulane, Lufkin, TXA good example of style and farm complex that have b>een surrounded by the city. The barn was built in 1921 when the family moved here from Trinity County. It is the same style as Standley's father's log barn. The family lived in an old house on the property until this house was constructed in 1929. Exterior siding from the older residence was reused on this house. The total cost was approximately $2,000.00. Standley was a farmer, raising hay, com, peanuts, cotton, and truck. The 1946-1947 city directory lists E. O. Standley as an employee at the Lufkin Foundry and Machine Company. The clipped gable bungalow and the barn are good examples of the
style and a farm complex. The area is not shown on the 1927 Sanborn map. The area of significance is architecture at the local level.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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