1904 W Ave H, Muleshoe, TX 79347

Turn onto W Ave H and you'll know the house before you know the address. It sits back from the corner behind a stand of trees old enough to have shaded three generations of Muleshoe kids riding bikes past on their way to school, its circle drive curving up to a brick facade that has anchored this neighborhood since 1972. Neighbors point it out to newcomers. That's the kind of house this is. Step through the iron and glass front door and the home opens up rather than in — down a few steps into a sunken den where a brick fireplace has warmed cold Panhandle evenings for fifty years, and on through to a second living room where a stone hearth sits beneath a vaulted, wood-beamed ceiling built for the kind of gathering that spills out of the kitchen and doesn't stop until midnight. The formal dining room, walled in built-in cabinetry deep enough to hide every serving piece a holiday could require, has hosted its share of Thanksgivings. A sunny breakfast nook looks out over the front yard...