204 W OAK ST 

The Gilstrap House, a massed-plan pyramidal house, appears to have been constructed after 1921. As can be seen on the Sanborn Insurance Map on the right, the property was vacant in 1921. This house was originally owned by Roberta Dukes Richardson, her husband, J.M. Richardson, and her son, Jackson M. Richardson, as one of three rental houses. 

In 1948, the house was sold by J.M. Richardson and his son to Jennie Gilstrap, widow of John Wylie Gilstrap, who moved from Georgia to Mansfield around 1890. The house was conveyed to Mrs. Gilstrap’s son Roy in 1964. Although the property went through many owners from 1964 to 1988, it has been owned by the Trevino family since 1989. Since 1964, the property was misidentified in deed records as Lot 2, Block 44, Town of Mansfield. The actual lot number was Lot “00”. The records were finally corrected in 1988. 

The house has a pyramidal roof covering a single-story rectangular shape and a full porch. Although some of the original character-defining architectural elements of the house have been modified, the house still represents a style of construction from the early 20th century and adds to the historic feeling of the W. Oak Street neighborhood. 

The house is an officially recognized historic resource of the City of Mansfield.