Pools & Spas in Old Glory
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Old Glory, TX
Outdoor living is the covered patio, pool, kitchen, stone and lighting that make a backyard part of the home. Longhorn designs and builds them together for Old Glory homeowners in Stonewall County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Old Glory
Old Glory is on U.S. Highway 380 between the Double Mountain Fork and the Salt Fork of the Brazos River, five miles from the Haskell county line in eastern Stonewall County. Ranches and scattered farms appeared there in the late 1880s.
That ground decides how a slab, a pool shell or a footing has to be built here. Here is what it does to a patio.
We file the permit with the city or county office that covers Old Glory and follow it through review, so the schedule doesn’t stall on paperwork.
Longhorn has been building since 1984, and every project starts with a free design visit and a firm price.
Outdoor living we build in Old Glory, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Old Glory
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Old Glory
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Old Glory
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Old Glory
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Old Glory
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Old Glory
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Old Glory
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Old Glory homes
Homes and Yards in Old Glory
German Americans laid out a town called Brandenburg by 1904. In 1909 the Swenson Land and Cattle Company provided a site on the new railroad two miles west, and New Brandenburg grew there. Residents chose the name Old Glory, official in 1918.
Clay soils in eastern Stonewall County shift with moisture, so a covered patio at Old Glory works best with reinforced footings and a slab that drains away from the house.
Stonewall County’s soils run from calcareous sandy loams in the west to clay and clay loams in the east, supporting mesquite savanna and short grasses. Temperatures range from 30° F in January to 99° in July.
The new town gained a mercantile store, a gin, a post office, and a one-room school. Residents pushed for a new name at the start of World War I. The population peaked at 275 in 1929, dropped to about seventy-five during the Great Depression, and rose to about 250 by the early 1940s. A school built in 1930 for five consolidated districts reached 280 students.
The school served as both an educational and civic center. The population fell to 175 by the late 1940s, and drought in the early 1950s forced many people out of work. A small boom in the late 1950s and early 1960s, perhaps tied to oil development, lifted the population to 250 by 1965, but it was estimated at only 125 by 1973.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 18 hail reports in Stonewall County from 2016 to 2025, 17 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 4 inches. 1 of those reports was logged at Old Glory itself. The same records show 12 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 109 mph, and 3 tornadoes. That is why a patio cover’s roof panels, fasteners and posts here are chosen for hail and wind, not only for shade.
What each outdoor project needs in Old Glory, TX
How is a pool built in Old Glory?
Rolling Plains clay swells when it is wet and shrinks when it dries, and a pool shell is a rigid object sitting in it. The shell, its bond beam and the deck are designed for that movement, and the deck is graded so rain runs away from the pool and the house. In Old Glory the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Old Glory, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Old Glory?
On Rolling Plains clay a patio cover’s footings carry the whole structure, and the top of the clay is the part that moves most. Footings are taken below that movement and the slab is graded away from the house, so the roofline stays true as the ground wets and dries. In Old Glory the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Old Glory, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Old Glory?
A pergola on Rolling Plains clay stays square only if its posts sit below the ground that moves. The footings go deeper than the seasonal swell and shrink, and the grade around each post sheds water instead of holding it. More on pergolas.
Can a sunroom or screened enclosure be added in Old Glory?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Old Glory is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Old Glory and sits on footings designed for the ground under it. We match the roofline and the exterior to the house so it reads as part of it. More on sunrooms and patio enclosures.
Old Glory outdoor living questions
Almost always, for pools and for anything attached to the house, including patio covers, sunrooms and enclosures. Longhorn files the permit with the city or county office that covers Old Glory and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Old Glory sits on Rolling Plains clay ground in Stonewall County. The ground decides how a slab, a pool shell or a footing has to be built, so we plan the drainage and the footings for it at the first visit rather than after something moves.
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