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Her parents designed and built the house themselves, with the help of only a day laborer at times. They built the forms and then made the concrete blocks of cement, sand and shell, the latter two elements found at hand.Mr. Boechkle, who was a fine craftsman, designed and made the tiles which were used in the front hall floor and in the kitchen. The house, consisting of eight rooms, two large porches, a utility I room, and a garage, was a I spacious one for the times. I The octagonal front, the gin-1gerbread trim, and the cupola Ilent the house an air of dis-l tinction and intrigue. The I cupola was part of the Old I Ingieside Hotel built in the I heyday of the Burton and IDanforth land sales, and Iwhich was dismantled after I being damaged by several I tropical storms. I
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Aransas Pass Progress
Aransas Pass, Texas, US
Wed, Mar 22, 1961
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