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Simmons House

Sweetwater, Nolan County

Marker Text

Robert Mosby Simmons (1887-1955), noted civic leader and president of the Sweetwater Cotton Oil Company for many years, originally built this house as a one-story structure in 1919. In 1934-35 he hired architect Anton Korn of Dallas to remodel it into its present two-story configuration. The Spanish Colonial Revival home features a barrel tile roof, bracketed soffits, bow window, and Classical frontispiece around the front door. Recorded Texas Historical Landmark, 1987

Marker Details

Address 810 Broadway
Location Description 810 Broadway, Sweetwater
Marker # 4701
Dedicated 1987
Size, Type Medallion & Plate
Code Colonial Revival; houses, residential buildings; design and construction
Latitude, Longitude 32.475949, -100.399102

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