The Erasmus M. Hanna House
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Texas Historical marker for the Erasmus M. Hanna House located at 118 North Georgia in Troup, TX. The marker features a medallion and plate.
Waymark Code: WMKM4D
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2014
Views: 4
Marker Number: 7731
Marker Title: Erasmus M. Hanna House
Index Entry: Hanna, Erasmus M., House
Address: 118 N Georgia
City: Troup
County: Smith
UTM Zone: 15
UTM Easting: 299909
UTM Northing: 3558471
Subject Codes: houses, residential buildings; Victorian (architectural term)
Year Marker Erected: 1968
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Number: 7731
Marker Text:
Built about 1872 by Dr. Hanna, one of founders of Troup, and an investor in East Texas railroads and clay industries. Besides his medical practice, his interests included first hotel in Troup. Wife, Virginia Morris Hanna, was daughter of East Texas pioneers, Judge and Mrs. Stephen Decatur Morris. Five generations of Hanna descendants have lived here.
Victorian architecture. Beaded bay windows; high-arched gables. Of cypress, pine, cedar woods.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1968
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