Granbury commission recommends local landmark designation for Keith Brock home at 523 Peach Street

The Granbury Planning and Zoning Commission on May 12 recommended that the city designate the Keith Brock home at 523 Peach Street as a local historic landmark.

City historic preservation officer Angela Durant told the commission the original box-and-strip structure dates to 1908 and that later exterior work and additions occurred in the 1930s. Durant described interior features uncovered during renovation, including tongue-and-groove maple floors, three-step interior trim, solid six-panel doors, original casement windows and a limestone “peanut brittle” exterior pattern added in the 1930s.

Durant said the landmark criteria most applicable to the property is its association with locally significant persons: Earl Keith, who owned Granbury’s early movie theater (the Princess, later renamed the Palace) and later built the Brazos Drive-In; and physician Roy Lee Brock, who helped develop medical care in Hood and Somervell counties and helped found the county’s first nursing home. Staff recommended approval of the designation and noted the property remains in its original location.

There were no public comments opposing the nomination. Commissioner Hayes moved to approve the designation; Commissioner Watson seconded. The chair called the question and recorded the motion as passed (vote recorded as “all in favor”; individual tallies not specified). Durant said, if the commission recommends approval, the next step is a public hearing before the Granbury City Council.

The applicants, listed in the staff report as Bill and Alice Hilton, attended the meeting but did not speak during the commission’s discussion.

The commission’s action sends the nomination to the City Council for final consideration under the city’s landmark design and zoning ordinance processes.