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Cavitt House (1976)
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About this site
Cavitt House is a historic place in Bryan, Brazos County, dedicated in 1976. It is one of 43 historic places documented in Brazos County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 172 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.6664, -96.3675 near Bryan. The nearest cataloged historic site is House at 603 E. Thirty-first (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Edge House, Stone, Roy C., House, and McMichael-Wilson House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2076002010. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Attorney William R. Cavitt built this two-story Italianate brick house about 1880, the same decade he married Mary Mitchell, a niece of Brazos County pioneer Harvey Mitchell. Cavitt served as county attorney and later in the Texas Legislature and on the Texas A&M board, and the family added Colonial Revival details in the 1920s while keeping the home until 1978. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, it is among Bryan's oldest residences.
Sources: history.brazoscountytx.govinsitebrazosvalley.comhistoric.one
Also at or near Bryan, Brazos County
“Cavitt House” names 2 distinct records in Brazos County. This page is the historic place dedicated in 1976 in Bryan. The others:
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