TEXARKANA MAGAZINE
I n 2009, with no set plan, George Dodson bought an empty city lot in downtown Texarkana. For years, it remained untouched. Then, a vision took shape in Dodson’s mind, what if he built a home there? “I just decided, ‘I think I’m going to live downtown,’” Dodson said, recounting how the project evolved. “So, I put my house on the market and decided if it sold, this is what I’d do. I went [on a trip] to Mexico and had three offers in three days.” From that moment on, the home he affectionately refers to as The Wiley 220 began to materialize. “I walked around with my plans and a tape measure everywhere I went. If I went to someone’s home, I would measure a room and look at my plans. I would sit there and envision where the bed would be or how much space I needed to walk behind the bar stools,” said Dodson. And it is clear from the moment you walk up to the wooden entry doors that Dodson made sure every detail was considered. “I bought [the doors] at the Roundtop Antique Fair,” he explained. “I’ve been many, many times and had an idea of what I was looking for. I called my sister,
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