Stone, Robert and Lula, House

Built around 1915 at 1102 Ash Street in Georgetown, Texas, this one-and-a-half-story wood-frame house was constructed for Robert Stone, an early Georgetown photographer. It follows a Georgian plan and has a hip roof with composition shingles, box eaves, and wood double-hung windows. The symmetrical three-bay east front has an inset porch with Doric columns on brick piers and a slat wooden balustrade. A hip dormer centered above the entry shelters an inset balcony, and further dormers on the north and south hold diamond-pattern window lights. A board-and-batten garage stands at the northwest. The house sits in a residential neighborhood east of the central business district, across from Georgetown High School, among mostly turn-of-the-century dwellings. It was recognized chiefly for its architecture: a good early twentieth-century dwelling resembling other local houses attributed to the Belford Lumber Company, and considered one of the best examples of its popular house form. It remains in residential use and in good condition.