Bradshaw-Killough House

Duane's take

Here's how the official marker tells it, and I'll do my best to do it justice. Somewhere in Fayette County stands a house that has been quietly making a statement since 1886. That was the year it went up, built for a local merchant by the name of Amzi T.

Bradshaw and his wife Sarah. A wood frame Victorian, two stories of character, with corbelled chimneys reaching skyward and a bay window that caught the light just so. You could look at it and know somebody meant it to last.

And last it did. In 1908, the house changed hands, though it stayed in the family. The Bradshaws' daughter Nellie and her husband John Killough purchased it, and the Killough chapter began.

Now, the Killoughs lived in that Victorian home for a good while, and then in 1924 they decided the place needed a new conversation with the world. They didn't tear it down. They didn't start over.

They added. And what they added was something to see. A Tudor revival style crenelated arched entry portico.

A side porte cochere. We're talking about medieval-inspired stonework details meeting a Victorian wood frame on a Texas lot, and somehow it worked. The corbelled chimneys and that two-story bay window are still there, still anchoring the structure to its original bones, reminders of where it all started back in 1886.

Two eras, one house, one family's name on both chapters. That's the Bradshaw-Killough House for you.

What the marker says

Built in 1886 for local merchant Amzi T. Bradshaw and his wife Sarah, this house was purchased in 1908 by their daughter Nellie and her husband John Killough. In 1924, the Killoughs extensively altered the Victorian-era wood frame residence by adding the Tudor revival style crenelated arched entry portico and side porte cochere. The 2-story bay window and corbelled chimneys are reminders of the structure's original architectural style. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1991.