324 Clay Street

ca 1932. Kerr Regional History Collection.

There is a house on the corner of Clay and Jefferson Streets known as the Edward Dietert home, which I wrote about here http://kerrhistory.blogspot.com/2012/07/edward-dietert-house.html .  This cottage is next door to that house, facing Clay Street and was known as the Edward Dietert cottage.
According to the Sanborn maps, it was either erected or moved to this lot between 1916 and 1924.    By the 1920s craftsman style houses were being built in Kerrville. This house is clearly an earlier style. While it is possible it was built on this lot as early as 1916, the cottage may also have been moved here.
It appears from the published record that this house has nearly always had commercial or mixed business and residential use. The first occupant that I can definitely place here was Mrs. D. J. Domingues who advertised in the December 25, 1924, Kerrville Mountain Sun that she would "remodel your hats. At Ed Dietert cottage. 324 Clay St." Within a few weeks she had moved her business to a cottage in the 600 block of Water Street.
It is possible that Mrs. Domingues was not the first occupant of the cottage.  On September 29, 1922, Dr. Fannie L. Jordan, chiropractor, announced that she was opening offices in the Ed Dietert residence.  Since it seems the Dieterts were still living in their house, it is likely Dr. Jordan's offices were in this cottage.  I'm hopeful more information will eventually turn up.

On September 30, 1926,  Mrs. F. B. Prichard announced she was moving her hat and dressmaking shop to her home at 324 Clay.
In 1930 T. Oscar Osman, an auto mechanic at Lee Mason garage, lived here with his family, then by April 1933 the Kerrville Health Center had moved in for a few years.
Since then a number of businesses and individuals have occupied this cottage.