Cox-Craddock House
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The Cox-Craddock House is a historic Colonial Revival-style house built in 1928 in Austin, Texas
. It was designed by architect Hugo Kuehne
.
Robert A. and Linda Cox, the first owners of the house, were both economics professors at the University of Texas. Linda Cox sold the house in 1948 to Larry Inge Craddock, who had a variety of business interests in the city, including a miniature golf course and gas stations. Craddock enclosed the piazza and sleeping porch
on the east end of the house. The current owner has restored the piazza to Kuehne's original open design and railing.
The home is located at 720 East 32nd Street. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
on May 30, 2001 the reason being it is an excellent example of a Colonial Revival residence. It is built of brick and has a "symmetrical composition, 12:12 windows framed by a stone keystone and flat brick arch above and a stone sill. Three pedimented dormers with round-arched Gothic-mullioned windows pierce the front of the sidegabled roof. A pedimented portico forms the prominent central entry; the door is framed with sidelights and a transom."
The design by Hugo Kuehne included a porte cochere which was not built.
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. It was designed by architect Hugo Kuehne
Hugo Kuehne
Hugo Franz Kuehne was an architect and planner who practiced in Austin, Texas.- Life and career :Kuehne was born in Austin on February 20, 1884. He was the youngest son of Franz and Langer Kuehne, immigrants from Germany...
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Robert A. and Linda Cox, the first owners of the house, were both economics professors at the University of Texas. Linda Cox sold the house in 1948 to Larry Inge Craddock, who had a variety of business interests in the city, including a miniature golf course and gas stations. Craddock enclosed the piazza and sleeping porch
Sleeping porch
A sleeping porch is a deck or balcony that is screened and furnished for sleeping in the warmer months. Sleeping porches can be on ground level or on a higher storey and in either the front or back of a home...
on the east end of the house. The current owner has restored the piazza to Kuehne's original open design and railing.
The home is located at 720 East 32nd Street. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on May 30, 2001 the reason being it is an excellent example of a Colonial Revival residence. It is built of brick and has a "symmetrical composition, 12:12 windows framed by a stone keystone and flat brick arch above and a stone sill. Three pedimented dormers with round-arched Gothic-mullioned windows pierce the front of the sidegabled roof. A pedimented portico forms the prominent central entry; the door is framed with sidelights and a transom."
The design by Hugo Kuehne included a porte cochere which was not built.