LOCATED IN HAGGARD PARK, PLANO’S FIRST RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND LOCALLY-DESIGNATED HERITAGE DISTRICT, THE ALDRIDGE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1918 FOR CHARLES “C.C.” ALDRIDGE (1873-1950), HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH A. (ARMSTRONG) (1877-1964), AND THEIR FAMILY. BORN TO EARLY PLANO PIONEERS AND LANDOWNERS J.K. AND MARIA (LIVELY) ALDRIDGE, C.C. ATTENDED WESTMORELAND COLLEGE IN SAN ANTONIO AND ACQUIRED BUSINESSES IN THE COTTON INDUSTRY. ALDRIDGE WAS AN INNOVATOR IN COTTON SEED STRAINS, ASSISTING FARMERS DURING THE EARLY 1930s AND MANAGING HIS OWN FARM, ALDRIDGE SEED FARMS. C.C. AND ELIZABETH BECAME LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY. ELIZABETH WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION AND PRESIDENT OF THE THURSDAY STUDY CLUB, A LITERARY ORGANIZATION. C.C. SERVED ON THE PLANO SCHOOL BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL AND ADVOCATED FOR THE PLANO GOOD ROADS CLUB AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. IN 1910, ALDRIDGE PURCHASED AN 1890 HOME ON THIS LOT FROM COL. WILLIAM M. WEAVER, AN EARLY SETTLER AND FARMER. IN 1918, THE HOUSE WAS EITHER COMPLETELY REMODELED OR WAS DISMANTLED AND A NEW HOUSE CONSTRUCTED IN THE PRAIRIE STYLE WITH MISSION ARCHITECTURAL STYLE DETAILS. THE STRUCTURE IS A TWO-STORY CLAPBOARD HOUSE WITH TWO BRICK CHIMNEYS, A LOW-PITCHED ROOF WITH WIDE EAVES AND RIBBON WINDOWS FORMING A HORIZONTAL BAND ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. A WIDE ONE-STORY PORCH ACROSS THE FRONT EXTENDS TO FORM A PORTE-COCHERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. CORNICE-LINE WOOD BRACKETS IN THE MISSION STYLE EMPHASIZE THE CORNERS. AS THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF PRAIRIE STYLE ARCHITECTURE IN THE HAGGARD PARK HERITAGE DISTRICT, THE ALDRIDGE HOUSE STANDS AS A TANGIBLE REMINDER OF THE HERITAGE OF THE PEOPLE WHO SHAPED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA. RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK – 2019