| No maps showing this location are available before 1898.
James Thomas Livingston purchased the land which would later be addressed as 215 North Frio Street and 217 North Frio Street. He apparently built the house at 217 North Frio between 1910 and 1915. As his granddaughter, Mary K. Livingston Elliot states, "When my grandmother, Mary Etta Skaggs married J. T. in 1904, he already had 8 children from about 6 to 23 years of age. They had four more children, which included my dad. It is probable both homes were used by the family and one later used as a boarding house. They also lived part of the time on the farm at Silver Valley. J. T. died in 1917, and she remarried William Lyman Gould in the 1920's. My grandmother sold these houses about 1938 when she moved to San Angelo."
Between 1909 and 1916, major changes were made to the dwelling at 215 North Frio Street. From the north to south direction the gable runs, it appears the 1909 dwelling was added onto the front and the porches to the rear rebuilt into rooms on the northwest and southwest corners. If J. T. Livingston built the home to the north between 1910 and 1915, he probably remodeled this house at the same time, to accomodate his large family. The 1916 and 1923 maps show it as a boarding house.
east side - May 28, 1921 Note south side of 217 North Frio Street to right
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