Marker Inscription
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Agriculture
Historic Place
White-Pool House
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About this site
White-Pool House is a historic place in Odessa, Ector County, dedicated in 1980. It is one of 39 historic sites cataloged in Ector County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.
The site sits at 31.8419, -102.3642 near Odessa. The nearest cataloged historic site is White-Pool/House (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Dawson Saloon, Site of, Ector, General Matthew D., and Odessa Land & Townsite Company.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2080004099. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The White-Pool House, built in 1887 by Quaker settlers Charles and Lucy White and their sons, is the oldest remaining structure in Ector County and reflects both Odessa's pioneer and oil-boom eras. After oil was discovered in the county in 1927, owner Oso Pool converted the two-story brick house into a five-unit apartment building. The Pool family donated the house and surrounding acreage to Ector County in 1978; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and is preserved as a house museum.
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Historical Marker
White-Pool/House
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Ector, General Matthew D.
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Historical Marker
Odessa Land & Townsite Company
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Odessa Telephone Exchange
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Livery Stable & Wagon Yard
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Ector County Courthouse
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