TOM LOVELL (1852-1911), A NATIVE OF
SCOTLAND, CONSTRUCTED THIS HOME
FOR HIS FAMILY ABOUT 1889.  A
CONTRACTOR, HE ALSO BUILT VARIOUS
PUBLIC STRUCTURES, INCLUDING THE
STATE CAPITOL IN ARIZONA, SEVERAL
CENTRAL TEXAS COURTHOUSES, AND
THE LOCAL ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH BUILDING.  THE REV. CHARLES
HOLT DOBBS (d. 1920) PURCHASED THE
TWO-STORY RESIDENCE IN 1902.  hE
AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH (1837-1921)
SERVED THE RURAL AREA AROUND
BROWNWOOD AS TRAVELING TEACHERS
AND PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARIES.
THEIR DAUGHTERS ANNA AND BESS
LATER OPERATED A KINDERGARTEN
HERE FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS.

(1980)