White-Pool/House

Charles White (1824-1905) moved his family here from Indiana seeking new business opportunities and a drier climate for his wife's health. With the aid of his sons Wilfred Walton White and Herbert Haughton White, he constructed this two-story brick residence in 1887, four years before the organization of Ector County. They modeled the home after their house in Indiana, adapting the style to the available building materials of the area. White farmed his 640-acre tract and also owned a mercantile store on the courthouse square. White's original tract, sold following his death, was divided by later real state transactions. In 1923 the house and fifty acres were purchased by Oso William Pool (B.1891) who had homesteaded land in New Mexico prior to his service in world war I. During the housing shortage created by the area oil boom of 1927, pool converted his residence into sale as individual lots. Later that year he married Helen Augutha Voss and they occupied the front part of the house. They moved in 1929, but member of the Pool family retained possession of the home until Oso Pool donated it to the county in 1977. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1980.

White-Pool/House is a historical marker in Odessa, Ector County, dedicated in 1980. It is one of 37 historical markers documented in Ector County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 39 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.8443, -102.3641 near Odessa. The nearest cataloged historic site is White-Pool House (historic place), 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 #5135005786. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.