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C.A. Dyke House

Historic Homes

230 College Street. C.A. Dyke. Built:1899

Original Owner: C.A. Dyke

230 College Street

Built: 1899


Clinton A. Dyke was the son of one of the pioneer families of Harrison County, who had moved to Texas from Massachusetts. He was born in Marshall, Texas and moved to Pittsburg in 1895. He was a successful wholesale grocer. In 1904 he acquired the telephone exchange in Gilmer and operated it as an independent system. In 1915 he moved to Gilmer to take active charge of the operation, as well as to manage his considerable real estate business.