Long, long ago in a county not far away our search for a house began. After a six year search we purchased and after a two year wait, we moved…..and the remodel begins….
The house is a combination California Mission and Craftsman Bungalow and was built in 1947 with recycled wood from Camp Swift decommissioned barracks.
1946 found Camp Swift with a skeleton crew of 800. Congressman Lyndon Johnson visited with all of Bastrop Co. mayors at a barbecue in Bastrop State Park and it is here (some historians believe) that LBJs lifelong fondness for Elgin sausage began. Their Honors wanted Camp Swift reactivated, LBJ wanted to be reelected. Shortly before elections, a convoy of Troops from the 12th Cavalry at Camp Hood (approximately 1000 men) conspicuously occupied the Camp. Johnson was reelected, the troops inconspicuously convoyed back to Camp Hood and Camp Swift was reduced to lumber being sold at $5 per truckload.
The house is a combination California Mission and Craftsman Bungalow and was built in 1947 with recycled wood from Camp Swift decommissioned barracks.1946 found Camp Swift with a skeleton crew of 800. Congressman Lyndon Johnson visited with all of Bastrop Co. mayors at a barbecue in Bastrop State Park and it is here (some historians believe) that LBJs lifelong fondness for Elgin sausage began. Their Honors wanted Camp Swift reactivated, LBJ wanted to be reelected. Shortly before elections, a convoy of Troops from the 12th Cavalry at Camp Hood (approximately 1000 men) conspicuously occupied the Camp. Johnson was reelected, the troops inconspicuously convoyed back to Camp Hood and Camp Swift was reduced to lumber being sold at $5 per truckload.
The lumber exposed in some of the attic areas and behind some of the old wall coverings had the original paint from the barracks. 
One of the floorboards upstairs has the initials “L R” carved into the wood that does not match any of the previous home owners and may have been placed there by someone at Camp Swift.The house originally had white stucco siding, which was updated to vinyl sometime in the 1980’s. The floor plan is nearly in its original layout (one door was walled over) and includes no additions.