102 South Frio Street, Coleman, Texas

Original Townsite, Block 12 ... what became 102 South Frio Street is on the northeast corner. The maps shown here show the changes as dwellings were built.

Block 15 - 1888 map

Block 15 - 1893 map

1Block 15 - 898 map

Block 15 - 1904 map

In researching Nannie Jenkins, I have found that she has been shown as living at 114 South Frio Street, on the 1930 census, and at 102 South Frio Street on the 1940 census. Both of these censuses show that she owned both of these homes, which she inherited from her aunt, Margaret (Jenkins) Dibrell. In 1900 Nannie is shown as living with her aunt, Margaret Dibrell. Margaret's husband, W. C. Dibrell had died in 1898. In 1910 census, both Nannie and her father, James F. Jenkins, were living with James' sister, Margaret Dibrell. They lived at 114 South Frio Street, but the census shows a street address as Pecan Street, which was the street to the south of the house.

After Nannie had moved to 102 South Frio Street, which the house in the article I wrote (see below) in 2016, the locals knew it as the Nannie Jenkins home, since she had lived there for over 40 years.

"In 1929, Emma McEwen, widow of Archibald McEwen, was residing at 102 South Frio Street." (Coleman City Directory, 1929 - Hudspeth.)

Block 15 - 1909 map

Block 15 - 1916 map

Block 15 - 1923 map

Block 15 - 1930 map

"For many years, a dwelling stood at the corner of West Live Oak and South Frio Streets. It was long known as the Nannie Jenkins home. In March 1970, it was moved to a site near the Colorado River, south of Gouldbusk. It was built between 1904 and 1909. After the removal of the house, the lot from which it was moved became the parking lot north of Stevens Funeral Home.

"Nannie Jenkins was the daughter of James F. Jenkins and Lucie Newsome. James Jenkins was the brother of Margaret “Maggie” (Jenkins) Dibrell. Her husband was William Carter Dibrell. The home north of the Jenkins home, across West Live Oak Street, later became the home of his son, Frank Anthony and Mary (Miller) Dibrell. Their granddaughter, Charlotte Strawn, has lived in this old home for many years.

"It appears the house at 102 South Frio Street was probably built by William Carter and Maggie Dibrell for Maggie brother, James F. Jenkins, who died in 1914, and his daughter, Nannie. Nannie never married and lived in the house until her death in 1968. Nannie’s mother died young and was raised partly by William Carter and Margaret Dibrell.

"This image with this article was taken in the lumber yard of Burton-Lingo, looking west. It was taken by Roy Winstead of a man, who appears to be working with a fishing pole or rod. The Nannie Jenkins home is seen in the background across the street. Further in the background is the 1926 Coleman High School."

("Looking Backward" column by Ralph Terry, Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 25, 2016.)

Nannie Jenkins home, about 1948.

Block 15 - 1948 map

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Landmark Moving Out: Another old Coleman home, known as the Nannie Jenkins home, was being moved to a new location yesterday at a site near the Colorado River, south of Gouldbusk. It is believed that the home had been located a the corner of Live Oak and Frio since around the turn of the century. Stevens Funeral Home will convert the area to parking.

(Coleman County Chronicle, March 26, 1970.)

What was 102 South Frio Street is now the parking lot for Stevens Funeral Home, located north of 400 West Pecan Street.

Stevens Funeral Home parking lot - 112 South Frio Street is the brick home to the right

Stevens Funeral Home vehicle parking - west of the parking lot.