Broome, C. A., House

Built about 1906-08 on a corner lot at 123 S. David in San Angelo, this very large two-story house is faced in buff brick and topped with a bell-hipped roof. Both street facades are dominated by full-height entry porticos carried on clusters of colossal Ionic columns set on large brick pedestals. Each entry has oval glass doors, stained glass sidelights and transoms, and a second-floor cantilevered balcony with matching doorway treatment. Windows on the first floor use a single large pane under a stained glass transom, while upper windows are one-over-one with stained glass in all or part of the upper sash. The house was listed as one of the best examples of Classical Revival architecture in the city. Early owners included L.O. and M.E. Nimitz and later H.C. Wylie, a hardware merchant. About 1916 it passed to C.A. Broome, a prominent insurance agent and real estate dealer, and it remained in his family until 1972. It sits in a neighborhood of large houses with some commercial uses and now serves as an architect's office.