Historic Tyler on Tour, 2007
Frapart-Kay-Moore Home
Nancy & Lynn Moore
1106 S. College
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, this one story Cross Gabled Bungalow Tudor Revival style home on the corner of South College and Shaw Streets in the Azalea Residential Historic District was constructed in 1932. Herbert and Frances Frapart built the home on land purchased from R. Bergfeld. Mr. Bergfeld was the first developer to pave the streets and add sidewalks in his additions. The assessment for the paving cost $433.51 in 1931.
Luther Kay, Jr. and his wife Mary Louise purchased the home from the Fraparts in 1945. The Kays added the breakfast nook and the master bath area on the east side of the house. By 1949 the Kay family had built a new home on Sixth Street and moved. At this time the home became rental property for the Kays. In 1967 Luther F. Kay, who was connected with the Reynolds Land Co. (today, known as Reynolds & Kay, Ltd.), returned to the home and renovated the house with many changes and updates. Walls were pushed out, the front porch was enclosed to become the current foyer and powder room, and the driveway was completed from Shaw Street for entrance to the new carport. A brick wall was constructed on the Shaw Street side of the property. The Kays purchased the corner lot to the north, and the house on that lot was moved or demolished. This established the home on two lots.
Nancy and Lynn Moore purchased the home from the Kay family in 2004. Making numerous improvements, they have been careful to keep the integrity of the 1930s personality of the home. Together, they have done much of the work on the house themselves.
All the floors and woodwork are original to the home. Built in cabinets in the eating area are also original. The furnishings are typical of what one might see in the 1930s in a home on this street. Nancy and Lynn have filled the house with many cherished antique family pieces from their mothers and grandmothers.
The painted exterior of the home that was buff brick veneer is typical of alterations of the homes in the neighborhood. Mass plantings of azaleas throughout the district with the large trees make this Brick Street home a picture perfect spot.
