Camp-Scott-Couch-Lampe House – 8th

This one and one-half-story Arts and Crafts style house has a cross-gabled roof with overhanging eaves and exposed rafter tails. Twin gabled dormers dominate the façade, which also features a shed roofed porch supported by four sets of paired square wood columns. Under the porch is an unusual grouping of double diamond casement windows. The upper story walls are sheathed with wood shingles and the first floor has weatherboard (dropped) siding. The first owner of the house was W. Tasher Camp, a bookkeeper for the Consumers Light and Heating Company. In 1909, the property was sold to Elizabeth Scott, wife of prominent Fort Worth cattleman and businessman Winfield Scott. It is believed the Scotts lived in this house during their renovation of nearby Thistle Hill (see 1519 Pennsylvania Avenue). Burr Couch, Vice President and General Manager of the Mutual Cotton Oil Company, was the third owner. Henrich Lampe purchased the property in 1914. The house underwent insensitive alterations after World War II when it was converted to apartments. These alterations were reversed by current owners Art and Lynda Brender and carried out by architect Paul Koeppe. Prior to its rehabilitation for use as offices, the house was designated as Highly Significant Endangered in 2001. It is a contributing resource in the Eighth Avenue Historic District (national), listed in 2006.

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