913 Congress Street- Charles E. and Thula M. Carruth House

Charles Elmer (1891-1969) and Thula Mae Carruth (1890-1970) purchased this lot from Cuvier Lipscomb Jr. Thula was born in Missouri, grew up in Collin County, Texas and attended the North Texas State Normal in 1916. Charles was born in Collin County, served during the WW I as a member of the psychological unit with the medical corps at Camp Travis in Austin, and married Thula in April 1919 after his discharge from the US Army. He started a photography studio on the north side of the downtown Denton square (Carruth Studio). The couple kept New Zealand White and Chinchilla rabbits in their backyard, selling breeding stock, pelts, and rabbit meat. The couple and their sons Gordon and Glen lived in the house until 1955. This is an excellent example of a smaller craftsman bungalow with narrow tapered box columns set on shingled piers, which match the house’s skirting.