Marker Inscription
Ethnic Heritage - Black, Architecture
Historic Place
Kerr, Beverly and Lula, House
The landmarks the nation chose to remember.
About this site
Kerr, Beverly and Lula, House is a historic place in Bastrop, Bastrop County, dedicated in 1978. It is one of 81 historic places documented in Bastrop County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 296 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.1092, -97.3121 near Bastrop. The nearest cataloged historic site is Kerr Community Center (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Ploeger-Kerr-White House, House at 1308 Fayette St., and MKT Depot (Gone).
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2078003356. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This Bastrop house was the home of Beverly and Lula Kerr, the couple who in 1914 built the adjacent Kerr Hall (now the Kerr Community Center) on a lot directly behind their residence to serve the town's African-American community. Beverly Kerr died in 1941 and Lula in 1944, and the neighboring hall passed to a community association shortly after. The house is a contributing property in Bastrop's National Register of Historic Places listing of December 22, 1978.
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