Cook Home
On Cook Road, heading east from Tyler Street, Beeville, private property
Built by John Cook, who was born in 1846 in Texas-bound wagon train; at 17 was in Civil War; in 1866 married Frances
Miller. Lived in rock house near this site. With son, R.J., contributed much to area cattle industry with fine
registered H Herefords. House erected 1897 of select long-leaf pine placed to catch gulf breezes. Each room opens on a
porch. Has four fireplaces with mantels of mahogany, maple, oak. Architecture is Victorian. Owned by William D. Dugat
and family since 1941.
The Cook Home, photograph, Date Unknown;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth78697/m1/1/: accessed November 10, 2022), University of North Texas
Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bee County Historical Commission.