1925-1930
The selection of the city as the site of a new college in 1923 was indeed one of the most important factors in Lubbock becoming the principal revival-inspired front-facing pedimented gable. More popular, of Texas Technological College, the city boomed both in population and construction. From a population of about 5,000 in 1923, Lubbock grew to more than 20,000 by 1930, only five years after the college opened in 1925. By 1927, the city covered five sections of land with the addition of fifty new subdivisions. These additions included Arnett-Benson and Westover north of 4th Street; Highland Heights, College Park, and several McCrummens Addition virtues symbolically important to some prestigious additions south of the Tech campus. Ellwood Place and University Place. In 1928, another highly restricted addition was platted just west of Avenue Q between 25th and 34th Street called O’Neall Terrace.
Texas Technological College Campus, c. 1929
Perhaps because of the influence of Tech’s Spanish Renaissance campus buildings and the arrival of teachers from distant areas, as well as a growing number of historically trained local architects, this period coincided with a virtual explosion in the number of styles embraced by Lubbock Homeowners. Most of these were revivals of period styles that continued to be popular locally for decades, although several had been in vogue elsewhere for nearly fifty years before they became commonplace in Lubbock. A few of these residential styles were used in commercial and public buildings, but most were strictly reserved for homes. While many plain, utilitarian warehouses and commercial buildings were built - including the skyline dominating grain silos on 4th Street in 1927 - a few public and commercial structures were built in Spanish Colonial Revival, Romanesque, and specific Renaissance styles,
1925 to 1930 commercial structures
1002 Ave. F, 1928
1002 Texas, 1929
801 G, c. 1930
2202 Ave. H, 1930
902 G, c. 1930
Pictured above: M.O. Owens Building, 1114 10th, 1930 with alterations; Kerr & Walsh, Amarillo, architects; LHL
