The stucco craftsman house is the Seaborn "Dick" Eastland house. Eastland was the owner of the Kerrville Light and Power plant until he sold it in 1925 to Texas Public Utilities. At that time he announced he intended to devote himself fully to his Kerrville Ice and Cold Storage Co. business.
Originally part of the Tivy estate, Capt. Charles Schreiner later purchased this property.
Then, on May 1, 1918, Capt. Charles Schreiner's sons sold this "property, premises, and improvements" to Seaborn Eastland, Jr. for $3000. The price indicates there was a house here. Unfortunately, the 1918 Sanborn maps don't extend far enough out to show this property. The 1924 map does show a house of a very similar footprint to the house today, similar enough to make me think the oldest part of this house predates 1918.
However, the November 11, 1926, Kerrville Mountain Sun mentioned "Mrs. S. Eastland entertained ... in her lovely new home on Main Street." The style of this house puts it squarely in the 1920s. It is possible the old house was removed from the property and a new one build. It is also possible that this house was an older existing house that was extensively remodeled in 1926. The newspaper frequently called extensive remodels "new". Considering that the Eastlands were living on Main Street in 1920 at this location, I am inclined to think this house was a remodel of the older home.
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| ca 1932. Kerr Regional History Center collection. |
Eastland lived here until his death in 1970. Today this house serves commercial purposes.
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