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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM100_bryson-stagecoach-stop_Liberty-Hill-TX.html
John T. Bryson (d.?1894) and his wife Amelia (d.?1897), prominent early settlers of the Liberty Hill community, constructed this home in the 1850s. Built on a frame of notched and fitted hewn cedar logs and featuring chimneys of native stone, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZL_brick-streets-in-granger_Granger-TX.html
Area landowners A. S. Fischer and W. C. Belcher platted the townsite of Granger in 1884, in anticipation of its potential to develop along the rail line that had been laid two years previously. The town plan called for a 100-foot-wide main street,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ5_booth-house_Taylor-TX.html
This house was built about 1880 for Crawford Henry Booth (1843-1937), a prominent local rancher and banker. An unusual local example of the L-plan vernacular form, the house features many Queen Anne details, including an octagonal turret with onio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYL_birthplace-of-governor-dan-moody_Taylor-TX.html
A crusader for integrity in public office. Born in Taylor, Williamson County; son of Daniel and Nancy Elizabeth Robertson Moody. At 16 entered University of Texas, where he completed law school. After World War I service, won election to the offic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV9_andrew-j-palm-house_Round-Rock-TX.html
With his mother and brothers, Andrew J. Palm (1839-1928) migrated to Texas from Sweden in 1853. They settled about three miles north of Round Rock at Palm Valley, where Palm built this residence about 1873. He purchased the land from Swedish immig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUH_barker-house_Round-Rock-TX.html
E. B. and Mary Harvey Barker bought this house of locally quarried limestone in May 1873. The Barkers, who resided on a farm at Rice's Crossing (20 mi. E), lived here during the winter season so that their eight children could attend school in Rou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTF_andice-baptist-church_Florence-TX.html
The Rev. Freeman Smalley, one of the first Baptists in Texas, preached in this area about 1850. This church was organized about 1851, meeting in a log schoolhouse built by Joshua Stapp and others, 1854-76; in a new school building, 1876-94; and in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSF_a-s-mason-house_Leander-TX.html
Local farmer Alpheus S. Mason (1839-1926) constructed this house about 1866. Situated on Bagdad Road, an important early military and commercial route in central Texas, the home features a double-galleried porch with Victorian detailing. Mason, a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRY_a-a-mary-spacek-house_Granger-TX.html
Designed by Architect William Flick, this house was built between 1921 and 1923 for Arnold Adolph (A. A.) Spacek and his wife Mary Julia (Cervenka). A. A. Spacek (1896-1952) was a locally prominent grocer, banker and merchant who also served as po…