In June 1947 Mrs. Theresa Heimann sold the lot to John R. Saucier, an electrician at the Legion (VA) hospital. The next month he obtained a building permit for a residence at 343 West Water Street to cost $4,950. In January of 1948 he sold the house to D. L. McEachern. In September 1949, Earl B. Starr purchased the house and based his business--fitting and repairing Acousticon hearing aids--from home. In April 1951 he sold many of his household possessions and left town. Miss Annie Mae Morriss was the next owner. Her family ranched on the Divide where she taught school for a while. She later lived in San Antonio for some time before returning to Kerrville, purchasing this home where she lived until her death in 1957. Two years later the Kerrville Times reported "Mrs. Paul (Frances) Wilson has moved into the former Morriss and Burleson home on West Water St., which she purchased. Col. and Mrs. G. D. Burleson have moved to their ranch in the Junction area, and Mrs. Hadda Morriss has gone to the ranch home near Mountain Home of Dora Sproul and Mrs. Gus Sproul." In March 1961 she married Alex M. Holekamp. They owned the house ten more years before selling to Harvey Stone. During at least part of that time it was a rental.
The property changed hands a couple more times. It remained residential until 1999 when a home health care service moved in. It has housed an assortment of small businesses ever since.
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