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Noted Amarillo architect Guy Carlander designed and Byron Singleton built this house in 1925 for early Amarillo business and civic leaders Clarence and Lorraine Eakle. The house exhibits elements of the Tudor Revival style and features an arched entry portico, eyebrow dormer, and Carlander's distinctive use of Alibates flint stone quarried near present-day Alibates National Monument. The house remained in the Eakle Family until 1992. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1994.
Eakle, Clarence and Lorraine House is a historical marker in Amarillo, Potter County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 48 historical markers documented in Potter County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 68 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 35.1909, -101.8417 near Amarillo. The nearest cataloged historic site is Eakle-Archer House (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Shelton-Houghton House, Fain, Mary (Masterson) and John, House, and Herring-Crudgington House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5375000902. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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