The Shelton-Smith House
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N 30° 23.389 W 095° 41.978
15R E 240603 N 3365074
Pre-Civil War house on Caroline Street in this historic Texas town.
Waymark Code: WMAM5K
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/28/2011
Views: 7
Texas Historical Commission marker
From the Atlas:
Index Entry: Shelton-Smith House
Address: 811 Caroline St.
City: Montgomery
County: Montgomery
Subject Codes: houses, residential buildings; markets, merchantiles
Year Marker Erected: 1976
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 7900
Marker Text:
A part of this house may have existed as early as 1855, when site and improvements were sold to John E. Shelton. He was a master craftsman who built other fine houses prior to 1860. Shelton built the main portion about 1858 for his friend and business partner, Thomas Wesley Smith (1829-1902), who later was a leading cigar manufacturer in this county. Smith and his heirs owned the house until 1924. A granddaughter added the dormers in a 1922 remodeling. The 1924-1970 owners were the Thomas A. Gay family. Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Whisenant now (1976) preserve it. (1976)
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