By Wren Culp

Staff Writer

Coppell residents have noticed the road construction near Wilson Elementary, but something else is occurring in the same neighborhood as Old Town Coppell is changing once again.

Last year when the roads were ripped, raked, and torn up all eyes were on the road and when it would be completed. But alas while all this was occurring we overlooked a very important part in our cities history.

A seemingly old and rotting house has been sitting at the intersection of South Coppell Road and West Bethel Rd since 1904.

Remarkably, after years of erosion, termite damage and rotting wood, the house still stands today.

The house was located right next to the Coppell’s Farmers Market, the senior center, and Eddie’s House of Styles Barber Shop and Shavery on South Coppell Rd for over 100 years.                                            Recently the house was relocated to a new location of Old Town Coppell.                                                       There have been rumors that the house will be knocked down to make space for something even better. Just last week the City Garage was knocked down for reasons unknown yet.

“It’s history and we cannot destroy it” sophomore Trevor Caples said. “It’s as simple as that.”

There are other rumors that the house will be transformed into a walk-in museum that any family that desires to can take a tour of.

“We are working with the Coppell Historical Society on trying to get in renovated,” said mayor of Coppell Jayne Peters. “It will probably end up being a place for people to take tours and look at our cities history.”

Recently the house has been re-painted, re-stored, and decked out to be made into something such as a museum.

“That house has been here since 1904 and something needs to be done with it,” freshman Tiffany Hagen-Breitenwisches said. “If we just let it sit there and rot away, we will forget it after time.”

The house is two stories tall with an interior similar to a house you would see built today. It towers over the other two buildings that sit next to it on the grounds, and has a sense of home whenever you pass by it.

“We need to try to preserve it,” junior Sarah Barlow said. “It’s very old and Coppell quite frankly does not have a lot of history behind itself.”

Old Town Coppell is filled with historical landmarks such as the Coppell Deli, Eddie’s Barber Shop, and, of course, the restored house. But recently some more modern make-over ideas have been trickling into the mayor’s office.

New plans such as a new senior center and a couple new restaurants have been considered, but nothing definite has been confirmed for anytime soon.

But until those plans set into motion, the house situated in Old Town Coppell is not going anywhere.