Marker Inscription
Architecture, Social History
Historic Place
Weeks House
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About this site
Weeks House is a historic place in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, dedicated in 1980. It is one of 6 historic places documented in Wichita County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 94 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.8910, -98.5129 near Wichita Falls. The nearest cataloged historic site is Wichita Falls Women's Forum (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Weeks Mansion, Wichita Falls High School, and Wichita Falls Traction Company.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2080004158. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Weeks House, also called the Weeks Mansion, at 2112 Kell Boulevard in Wichita Falls was built in 1924-26 for oil-boom attorney Fred Weeks, designed by Kansas City architect J.F. Louck and set on a 13-acre landscaped tract. It was the first home in Wichita Falls to hold both a Texas Historical Marker and a National Register of Historic Places listing.
Sources: wichitacountyhistoricalcommission.orgen.wikipedia.org
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