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Taken 17-Oct-18
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Category:Architecture and Structures
Subcategory:Home and Surroundings
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Keywords:J%dC%d Carr-Bob Slight House
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Dimensions4288 x 2848
Original file size6.91 MB
Image typeJPEG
Color spacesRGB
Date taken17-Oct-18 09:53
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Camera makeNIKON CORPORATION
Camera modelNIKON D90
FlashNot fired, auto mode
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ISO speedISO 200
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J.C. Carr-Bob Slight House

J.C. Carr-Bob Slight House

Alpinebr/Brewster County, Texasbr/30 21.647' N 103 39.756' Wbr/Directions: Start at the intersection of 5th Street and Lockhart Avenue. Go 50 yards north on 5th Street. The house is on the right (east) side of the road.br/ br/Text: Built 1884 by an early settler, J.C. Carr. Adobe brick double walls were laid at night, slowly drying to super-strength, in time honored southwestern manner. Five adobe rooms were added after 1903 sale to Judge R.B. Slight (1869-1953), English law clerk who came here to be a cowboy after seeing wild west shows. Judge Slight was civic leader, rancher and merchant, influential in founding Sul Ross College. He lived in this house 50 years. House now owned by F.J. Ellyson.