File:Cavitt House and Log Cabin, Wheelock, Robertson County, TX HABS TEX,198-WHEEL,1- (sheet 2 of 2).tif

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HABS TEX,198-WHEEL,1- (sheet 2 of 2) - Cavitt House and Log Cabin, Wheelock, Robertson County, TX
Title
HABS TEX,198-WHEEL,1- (sheet 2 of 2) - Cavitt House and Log Cabin, Wheelock, Robertson County, TX
Description
Bradsby, Bruce; Monroe, Steve; Need, Andrew; Oliver, Gary; Taylor, Teri; Wooldridge, Charles; Woodcock, David G, faculty sponsor; Texas AandM University, Department of Architecture, sponsor; Davidson, James, delineator; Seavitt, Denise, delineator
Depicted place Texas; Robertson County; Wheelock
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS TEX,198-WHEEL,1- (sheet 2 of 2)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • 1984 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place
  • Significance: The ante-bellum Cavitt Mansion was built by Ann Cavitt and her family on 300 acres of the Sterling Robertson Grant near the town of Wheelock. The house was designed by a Mr. Charleton, a New England architect, who was traveling through the area. Construction began in 1845 and was completed in 1854. The three-story mansion contained eleven rooms. Woodwork, cornices, balustrades and mantlepieces were hand carved of cypress and pine. Door latches, hinges and square nails as well as the glass for the windows were made on site. The six fireplaces were fashioned of pink brick and ironstone. The house served as a staging point on the Old Spanish Road, linking San Antonio with Nacogdoches. Among the prominent visitors was Sam Houston, a longtime friend of the Cavitt Family. Adjacent to the mansion is the two-story cedar log cabin built in 1836 by the Cavitt family slaves. The cabin has a lower room with a fireplace and an upper sleeping loft. The cabin was protected by a series of gunports...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-154
  • Survey number: HABS TX-270
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/tx0519.sheet.00002a
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