Description: 2-1/2 story; wood frame construction with lapped wood siding; pier and beam foundation; massed plan; deck on hip roof with hipped dormers, composition shingles; portico with boxed columns at entry; windows wood 1/1 double-hung, on west facade wood single-hung windows with upper lights of stained glass and diamond and prism-paned glass; single entry door with applied ornamentation and upper glass light, matching sidelights; interior brick chimneys on the north and south.
Significance: John Garrison hired noted architect Dietrich Rulfs to build this house in 1905 which at one time had huge, two-story wrap-around porches. In 1917 the house was conveyed to the Stripling family and became better known as the Stripling Apartments. The apartments were known to house teachers and students of Stephen F. Austin State University.
418 N. Mound 1986 Survey Information
Address: 418 N. Mound
Name: John Garrison House
Date: 1905
Block: 4
Lot: 4
Condition: Good
Description: 2-1/2 story; wood frame construction with lapped wood siding; pier and beam foundation; massed plan; deck on hip roof with hipped dormers, composition shingles; portico with boxed columns at entry; windows wood 1/1 double-hung, on west facade wood single-hung windows with upper lights of stained glass and diamond and prism-paned glass; single entry door with applied ornamentation and upper glass light, matching sidelights; interior brick chimneys on the north and south.
