M. Kangerga House
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15S E 330559 N 3559380
Texas Historical marker for the Mile (Michael) Kangerga house at 501 North High Street in Henderson, TX. The marker features a medallion and plate.
Waymark Code: WMKB0K
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/12/2014
Views: 14
Marker Number: 11006
Marker Title: M. Kangerga House
Index Entry: Kangerga, Michael
Address: 501 N. High St.
City: Henderson
County: Rusk
UTM Zone: 15
UTM Easting: 330551
UTM Northing: 3559452
Subject Codes: houses, residential buildings
Year Marker Erected: 1969
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
NOTE: Mile (later Michael) Kangerga was born in Otocac, Croatia
Marker Size: Medallion & Plate
Marker Number: 11006
Marker Text:
Built 1901 by Michael Kangerga (1873-1962), a native of Croatia, Austria-Hungary, who settled in Henderson in 1887 and with his brother Rade Kangerga founded M. Kangerga & Bro., a mercantile and financial institution, 1895. In 1896 he married Lillian (1875-1951), daughter of Joseph S. and Ronda Tatum Gladney. He was a volunteer U. S. weather observer for 50 years (winning the John Campanius Holm Award) before he died in Henderson at age 89. House is excellent example of turn-of-the-century design, virtually unaltered. George F. Barber & Co., Knoxville, Tennessee, architects.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1969
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