ROTAN-DOSSETT HOME - QUEEN ANNE - VICTORIAN - WACO, TEXAS (PART 1)

This handsome Queen Anne style mansion at the corner of Columbus and 15th streets was begun by businessman Edward Rotan in 1892 and completed in 1893. It was purchased by cotton broker Walter B. Dossett, Sr. in the early 1920's for his bride and his heirs live in it and maintain it beautifully to this day. Just within the last few years it received a new roof and the detailing of the divisions in the sections of the roof and the beautiful chimney pots on its six magnificent chimneys. It has 8,800 square feet, five bedrooms and 7-1/2 baths in two floors plus attic and cellar. It's my favorite Waco residence!

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[75capriceconvertible]

That is one huge home! A mansion really. Great to see it maintained so well.

[NDrLoR]

@75capriceconvertible A mansion in every sense of the word! My parents' good friends Enid and Willie B. Wilie lived across the street in a much plainer two-story house built in 1910--my mother played bridge virtually every Friday night there and I grew up seeing it from a distance all the time. Enid's grand-daughter Jennifer married the Dossett's son Wyck sometime in the 80's. I would love to see inside of it, especially those mysterious windows at the top!

[VictrolaJazz]

@75capriceconvertible Oh I'll bet that was fun having a bed in the turret--especially when it was storming out!

[75capriceconvertible]

@NDrLoR I'd love to see inside too. I always find interiors as fascinating as the exteriors. One of my aunts used to own a nice two-storey here on the riverbank, in a middle class area, not too big, likely around 1,800 sq ft but the interesting thing is, the house had a turret! On the main floor it was a corner of the living room and upstairs about half her four poster bed fit nicely in it.