Banks-Ogg House

Built about 1900 to 1905 for the Banks family, this one-story frame cottage at 602 East Groesbeck Street in Lufkin blends late Victorian and early twentieth century design. Mr. Banks was associated with the Lufkin Land and Lumber Company, established in 1900, and the family moved to San Antonio around 1915. The house has bull-nosed siding, a hip-and-gable pressed metal roof pierced by three corbeled chimneys, and a wraparound porch carried on Doric columns. Other details include a brick pier foundation with a lattice skirt, slender one-over-one double-hung windows, three multi-light entry doors opening onto the porch, and finials at the gables. A cast concrete fence strung with links of chain surrounds the lot. The asymmetrical form, metal roof and veranda are essentially Victorian, while the columns and siding point toward the twentieth century. The house is part of an early residential area developed north of the central business district and appears on 1927 Sanborn maps. It remains in good condition, with few alterations, and is still a residence.