Marker Inscription
Wimberley builder James Calvin Lane (1902-1976) built this home in 1935 adjacent to a café operated by his wife, Rebecca (Cobb). Lane later built a two-story home and a larger café in the same style on nearby property on the square. Rebecca operated Wimberley’s first telephone switchboard in the home’s living room. The couple sold the home to educator Susie Danforth in 1938. The front-gabled craftsman style home is notable for its “giraffe rock” exterior, a rare style in the Texas hill country. Native rock and poured concrete is embellished with smaller decorations such as petrified wood, decorative rock and fossils.
About this site
James C. Lane House is a historical marker in Wimberley, Hays County, dedicated in 2010. It is one of 124 historical markers documented in Hays County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 184 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.9957, -98.0969 near Wimberley. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pyland, Sidney J. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Saunders, John Henry, Wimberley Mills, and Winters-Wimberley House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507016422. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
