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Wagner, Sofia From: Sent: To: Subject: Morgan Burnham < Tuesday, September 30, 2025 6:10 PM Historic Preservation Office; Contreras, Kalan; McKnight, Kim 2514 Wooldridge Dive Historical Facade Information for Commission Meeting External Email - Exercise Caution Hi, I want to share some historical information regarding 2514 Wooldridge Drive. The case study questions the dormers of the house and suggests that they were added in the 1990s. Please see photos below. As you can see, the dormers and exterior facade of 2514 is exactly the same as in the photo below. The exact date of this photo is unknown to me, but it was taker BEFORE the documented remodel of 2512 Wooldridge drive in 1976. Thus, the dormers were not added in the 1990s and may be original to the house. All photos are from the book “Austin’s Pemberton Heights” by Elisabeth A Cash and Suzanne B Deaderick. All photos are from the Austin Public Library Austin Historic Center. 1 for the until 1940, at 2512 Drive, this ORIGINAL VERNON McGEE HousE, Located Wooldridge house was built for Vernon McGee. McGee and Janice was assistant of director the Texas Employment Commission when he became the principal analyst US Bureau of the Budget. He worked in public administration Office of War Information during published for the American Society of Public McGee was in the 1940s. the first director of the Texas State Budget Board in 1950. (Courtesy World War II and several Administration of Sherry Smith.) Legislative studies and the house in it into a Tudor the ge TUDOR REoux. Sherry and Tommy Jacks purchased house at 2512 Wooldrid Drive in 1976 and remodeled Revival-style 1983, as shown here. They imported the remodeled family room from a Scottish manor house and planted country� (Co\lneay Smith,) of Sherry an En,liah,atyle