Magnolia
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linkys
N 30° 23.428 W 095° 41.947
15R E 240654 N 3365145
Very large home with a maker on the Eugenia Street side of it in this historic Texas town.
Waymark Code: WMAM5N
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/28/2011
Views: 11
Texas State Historical Survey Committee marker
From the Atlas:
Index Entry: Magnolia
Address: 801 College St
City: Montgomery
County: Montgomery
Subject Codes: houses, residential buildings; land surveys, land companies, promotional towns
Year Marker Erected: 1966
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Size: Medallion & Plate
Marker Number: 7885
Marker Text:
Built 1854 for Peter J. Willis and wife, Caroline Womack; named for their daughter, first child born here (later Mrs. Geo. Sealy, Galveston; Magnolia Petroleum Company was also named for her). Ilai and Melissa Davis bought house furnished in 1868. Occupied continuously by their descendants who have preserved much of the original furniture brought here by boat and wagon from New York. Anna D. Weisinger, present owner, was only other child born here. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966
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