Mast House

Historical marker location:

2301 Broadway, Lubbock, Texas

( 2301 Broadway, Lubbock)

Marker installed: 1983

This house was constructed in 1925 by prominent Lubbock builder A. M. Hensley for the family of Dr. Clarence S. Mast (d. 1936). Mast served as a physics professor on the original faculty of Texas Tech University. The home exhibits elements of the colonial revival style of architecture and features paired Doric columns on the porch. The residence was moved from its original location (one block south) in 1981.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1983.

Colonial Revival (architectural style) houses residential buildings education design and construction

Texas has been a major oil-producing state for over a century. The first big oil discovery in Texas was the Spindletop field near Beaumont in 1901, which set off a massive oil boom that transformed the state's economy and made Texas one of the wealthiest states in the country.