1971 Fayetteville, Texas
This chapter is about Fayetteville, Texas as a place, so that I can share some stories and memories that are […]
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Fayetteville, TX
1972-Hog Butchering
Hog Butchering When we were interested in buying the Zapalac Farm, we spent a number of weekends visiting with
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000- The Houses – Introduction
This is a memoir of the houses we have lived in during our marriage, from 1956 to the present day.
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1931 My Life: Important Events
I ended up writing this “Before Maryann and Clovis” chapter to provide a bit of for-public-reading narrative of my family
San Antonio, TX
1956 Mexico, San Antonio and Medina (newlywed summer)
Following our marriage, Clovis and I lived at Belknap Street in the house belonging to Clovis’s parents while they were vacationing in Europe for the summer.
New Haven, CT
1956 New Haven: Quonset Hut and rental house
Clovis and I returned to Yale for the the start of the Fall Semester 1956. We moved into a Quonset Hut on property that had been a polo field.
New York City
1958 Brooklyn Heights: Henry Street
We lived in the Henry Street apartment from mid-1957 to early 1961, with a gap during our time in Italy, from September 1958 to Summer 1959.
Long Island, NY
1960 Manhasset 2 Water Lane
We left Henry Street and moved to 2 Water Lane at the time Ben was born, because we realized we needed to have a larger place to live.
Montrose Area, Houston, TX
1963 Houston: Emerson Street
Clovis had an opportunity to teach at Rice University, and he wanted to start his own architecture firm. So we moved to Houston.
Montrose Area, Houston, TX
1964 Houston: 14 Courtlandt Place
Moving into the elegant brick house at Courtland Place, with a veranda and goldfish pond in the back garden.
Montrose Area, Houston, TX
1966 Houston: Waldo House (201 Westmoreland)
Emerson Street and Courtland Place were rentals. After John was born, it was time to buy a house.
Warrenton, TX
1968 Warrenton Farm
Looking for a country place for weekends, we found an old farmhouse on a gravel road, about a two hour drive from Houston.
Fayetteville, TX
1971 Macdaniel House
We shared the house with Cubby and Kendall initially, then the Macdaniels remained and we bought the Zapalac farm.
Fayetteville, TX
1972 Heimsath Farm
Joe and Mary Zapalac sold us the farm, and so the Zapalac Farm became the Heimsath Farm.
Dairy Ashford neighborhood, West Houston, TX
1975 Dairy Ashford Condo Experiment
A brief experiment in suburban condo living, before we moved to live on the farm fulltime.
Austin, TX
1985 Elton Lane (Jim Hijl House)
When we first moved to Austin, we rented a house on Elton Lane that was owned by Jim Hijl, a
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1985 29th Street House
We moved to Austin so that we could expand the architecture firm. Once again we were going to Fayetteville for weekends.
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1987-a Treaty Oak Apartment
We moved to the Treaty Oak apartment which in the same building but the apartment was on the second floor,
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1987-b Avenue G (December)
For Christmas 1987 and New Years 1988 we briefly rented a house on Avenue G. I have only a few
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1988 Sanborn House (404 West 7th Street)
We moved the office to West 7th Street, and for a while we lived in the same building.
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2010 Brown Building
Until we bought the condo, Clovis and I lived in a series of apartments in Austin.
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2014 the Little House on the Square aka the Casita
The white house on the square and the studio next door.
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Postscript: More vacation places (Idyllic Havens)
Vacation places we stayed for a longer period, or we returned to over the years, or where the place itself is just very important in our family stories.
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Postscript: New England Vacation Places (Idyllic Havens)
Vacation places in New England that didn’t fit into earlier chapters.
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Postscript: Long Island
As a girl I spent summers at Breezy Point, fishing and swimming with my family. I wanted our children to have the same kind of experience.