1100 E. Main Street

ca 1932

Undated early photo, Kerr County Historical Commission collection

This is another nineteenth century house in Kerrville. Are you surprised by how many there are?

In 1891 Mary Virginia Gillespie purchased three lots of land along Main Street from Captain J. A. Tivy for $275, partly in cash, the remainder due later.  The debt was paid off in December 1894. It is probable this folk Victorian was built at that time, and definitely no later than 1898 because in 1899 the house and three lots were assessed at $800 for tax purposes. This may have been an investment property as I can find no record of Miss Gillespie in newspapers, other county records, or census records for Kerr County.

She sold the property in 1901 to Miss Mary E. Parsons.  The property changed hands several times over the next three decades.  By1934, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Keith moved in. He established his cabinet shop at the rear of the property. They were renters for about 10 years, at which point J. R. Burnett sold them the house and land. Ed Keith died in 1950, but his widow, Addie, lived here until her death in 1989.  Today this house is home to professional offices.