Warren and Myrta Bacon House

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Warren and Myrta Bacon House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
View of the east side
View of the east side
Location: 1802 Broadway
Lubbock, Texas
Architect: W.M. Rice
Architectural style(s): Colonial Revival
Added to NRHP: July 15, 1982
NRHP Reference#: 82004512

The Warren and Myrta Bacon House, 1802 Broadway, Lubbock, Texas, was designed and built from plans by W. M. Rice of Amarillo, Texas in 1916. It was designed along neo-classical lines for Warren A. Bacon, a successful local businessman and civic leader. The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

View from the southeast
View from the southeast

[edit] Owners

  • Warren Bacon lived in Lubbock from 1893 and resided in this house from its construction until his death in 1938.
  • Mrs. Myrta Bacon, daughter of George M. Hunt, lived in here from its construction until her death in 1967.
  • In 1981 the Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas acquired the house and remains the present owner.