The oldest residence in the historic district was built ca. 1850 by Vivian Brooking, who left for the Gold Rush in California. After returning, he was shot during the Cart Wars. The men who shot him were hanged on the Courthouse Square. Dr. Lipscomb bought the house for his family and built an adjoining building for a school house for the Lipscomb children, which later became his office. The home was bought by Judge and Mrs. J.A. White in 1905. An example of early Texas architecture, the building features a side gabled roof and porch across the front. The house has two main rooms with a modified dog trot between and a chimney at each end of the house.
RTHL - 1986