Lowry and Lila Martin House
Lowry and Lila Martin House
1218 West Park Avenue, Corsicana, Texas 75110 • Date: c.1931. Architect: David R. Williams.
Regionally renown architect David R. Williams designed this 2-story house and detached garage for Lowry and Lila Martin about 1931. For his final contribution to the neighborhood, Williams further simplified the Mediterranean historicism used at the Stroube house (see 1115 West Park Avenue) to create a modernist interpretation of the region's vernacular traditions. Through shared scale and materials, however, the composition remains harmonious with its more historicist neighbors. At the time of construction, Martin served as business manager for the local Corsicana Daily Sun & Semi-Weekly Morning Light. He acquired both newspapers within a decade from his neighbor at 502 Mills Place Drive, Etta Wortham.
Regionally renown architect David R. Williams designed this 2-story house and detached garage for Lowry and Lila Martin about 1931. For his final contribution to the neighborhood, Williams further simplified the Mediterranean historicism used at the Stroube house (see 1115 West Park Avenue) to create a modernist interpretation of the region's vernacular traditions. Through shared scale and materials, however, the composition remains harmonious with its more historicist neighbors. At the time of construction, Martin served as business manager for the local Corsicana Daily Sun & Semi-Weekly Morning Light. He acquired both newspapers within a decade from his neighbor at 502 Mills Place Drive, Etta Wortham.
