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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSPM_william-m-owen-house-complex_Round-Rock-TX.html
The earliest structure in this complex is the one-story stone building, constructed about 1853. It originally housed a mercantile store and the first permanent post office for Round Rock, both operated by Thomas C. Oatts, the town's first postmast…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSPC_john-g-matthews-house_Liberty-Hill-TX.html
After coming to Texas with his parents in 1840, John G. Matthews (1824-1903) joined a Ranger company and fought in the Mexican War (1846-48). He married Nancy Leanorah Carothers (1838-93) and in 1872 built this hand-hewn native limestone house, wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSGR_a-j-and-carolina-anderson-house_Round-Rock-TX.html
This house was built in 1908-09 for the family of Swedish immigrant Anders Johan Anderson (1858-1929) just after the death of his first wife, Edla Maria (1859-1906). After its completion, Anderson and his two daughters moved into the house from th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSGQ_c-b-and-lilburn-atkinson-house_Georgetown-TX.html
Belford Lumber Co. built this house in 1915 for real estate businessman Charles Byron Atkinson and his wife, Lilburn (Dimmit), daughter of a prominent local family. C.B. died at the age of 35, five years after its completion. Lilburn later remarri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSGO_judge-harry-n-graves_Georgetown-TX.html
Born April 4, 1877 in La Vernia (Wilson County), Harry Graves attended Southwestern University in Georgetown and later served three terms as city attorney. As Williamson County attorney, he aided the prosecution in a landmark trial against the Ku …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSGN_c-c-and-mattie-hughes-cody-house_Georgetown-TX.html
Georgia native Claude Carr Cody (1854-1923) worked at Southwestern University for 37 years, serving as a mathematics professor and university administrator. He was known as the "Grand Old Man of Southwestern." He wed Martha "Mattie" Hughes in 1883…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSGK_hutto-lutheran-cemetery_Hutto-TX.html
In 1892, several Swedish immigrants who had settled in the Hutto area established the Swedish Lutheran Evangelical Church. In 1894 a tornado destroyed the first sanctuary, built by members on Short Street. After utilizing a second church building …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSEA_a-w-sillure-house_Georgetown-TX.html
Built in 1912 for Alexander W. and Eva Sillure, this house is representative of the city's early 20th-century architectural heritage. Sillure, general manager and vice president of the Belford Lumber Company, personally supervised construction of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN2O_page-decrow-weir-house_Georgetown-TX.html
Built in 1903, this house was owned by a succession of area ranchers. J.M. Page had the home built for his family, but sold it to his brother-in-law Thomas Decrow in 1903. The home was purchased in 1920 by Horace M. Weir, and in the 1930s a polo t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJC3_womans-wednesday-club_Bartlett-TX.html
What began in 1902 as an idea to organize a women's club with a focus on literature and history became a reality in April 1903, with formation of Woman's Study Club. Chartered with nineteen members under the leadership of Mrs. Vena (Holzgraf) High…