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Photo, Print, Drawing Roberts-Dolezal Farmstead, 75 miles northeast of the intersection of CR27 and FM 1722, Garrett, Ellis County, TX

[ Photos from Survey HABS TX-3380  ]

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[ Drawings from Survey HABS TX-3380  ]
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[ Photo Captions from Survey HABS TX-3380  ]

About this Item

Title

  • Roberts-Dolezal Farmstead, 75 miles northeast of the intersection of CR27 and FM 1722, Garrett, Ellis County, TX

Names

  • Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
  • Texas National Research Laboratory Commission, Owner
  • Roberts, Jefferson D., Owner
  • Slater, W. P., Owner
  • Dolezal, Joseph, Owner
  • Mitchell, Robert L., Owner
  • ArchiTexas, contractor
  • Fowler, Bruce, field team
  • Hickox, Gilbert, field team
  • Irsik, Larry, field team
  • King, Craig, field team
  • Garmon, Gary, field team
  • Martratt, Richard, field team
  • Melde, Craig, field team
  • O'Brien, Jeanie, field team
  • Robles, Ernesto, field team
  • Sergeant, Edward, field team
  • Skotnicki, Gary, field team
  • Solamillo, Stan, field team
  • Van Buren, Diane, field team
  • Moore, David, historian
  • Hardy, Heck, Moore, contractor

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1933

Headings

  • -  farming
  • -  farmhouses
  • -  cotton industry
  • -  bungalows
  • -  Craftsman architectural elements
  • -  immigrants
  • -  Texas--Ellis County--Garrett

Latitude / Longitude

  • 32.3635605372413,-96.6722743193655

Notes

  • -  Significance: The farmstead is symbolic of the assimilation of Eastern Europeans into early twentieth century American culture. Although the front of the house resembles a 1920s craftsman bungalow, the original building dates to the 1880s. The farmstead is named for Jefferson D. Roberts and Joseph (Joe) Dolezal, who owned the property for a combined 65 years. Jefferson D. Roberts purchased this land in 1880, which originally encompassed 100 acres in the Claibourne Garrett Survey, and built the house soon thereafter. Like most residents of rural Ellis County during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Roberts was a cotton farmer. He operated a family-run farm that included only the 100 acres in the Garrett Survey. He sold the property in 1913. Four years later, Joe Dolezal acquired the land and the buildings on it and eventually added the existing front wing on the house. Dolezal was one of a large number of Bohemian immigrants who settled in eastern Ellis County during the early twentieth century and who today comprise a significant portion of the population in Ennis and surrounding areas. Dolezal later purchased other nearby properties, as well as a town lot in Ennis, while continuing to live in this house. He sold this property to his son, Joseph (Joe) Dolezal, Jr., who kept the land from 1949 until 1979. The Robets-Dolezal Farmstead's significance stems principally from its association with the influx of Eastern European immigrants into Ellis County during the early twentieth century and their assimilation into the existing culture.
  • -  Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1864
  • -  Survey number: HABS TX-3380
  • -  Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Initial Construction
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1900 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1920 Subsequent Work

Medium

  • Photo(s): 6
  • Measured Drawing(s): 4
  • Data Page(s): 11
  • Photo Caption Page(s): 1

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HABS TX-3380

Source Collection

  • Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Repository

Control Number

  • tx0690

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, Owner Texas National Research Laboratory Commission, Jefferson D Roberts, W. P Slater, Joseph Dolezal, Robert L Mitchell, Contractor Architexas, et al. Roberts-Dolezal Farmstead, 75 miles northeast of the intersection of CR27 and FM , Garrett, Ellis County, TX. Ellis County Garrett Texas, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/tx0690/.

APA citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, C., Texas National Research Laboratory Commission, O., Roberts, J. D., Slater, W. P., Dolezal, J., Mitchell, R. L. [...] Hardy, H. (1933) Roberts-Dolezal Farmstead, 75 miles northeast of the intersection of CR27 and FM , Garrett, Ellis County, TX. Ellis County Garrett Texas, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/tx0690/.

MLA citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, et al. Roberts-Dolezal Farmstead, 75 miles northeast of the intersection of CR27 and FM , Garrett, Ellis County, TX. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/tx0690/>.