Bain-Honaker House - Farmersville, TX
N 33° 09.810 W 096° 21.549
14S E 746276 N 3672518
The Bain-Honaker House is located at 108 College St, Farmersville, TX.
Waymark Code: WMMA5C
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/20/2014
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Students in the Farmersville ISD have the opportunity to visit the Bain-Honaker House as part of the Farmersville 1900 Education Program, where teachers and students take the roles of historical teachers and students from the 1900 census, and spending a few hours here, doing things that folks did over a hundred years ago.
The house is part of the the local area Christmas tours, with some other occasional tour dates, and a Texas Historical Marker here provides additional background:
Anna Melissa Hicks Bain (1834-1906), widow of John Alexander Bain, built this house in 1865 on 6.75 acres of land east of the town square of Farmersville. She reared five daughters here: Mary Clorinda, Martha, Catherine, Christina and Margaret. An astute businesswoman, Anna Bain divided her property into lots, built commercial buildings and sold some property to the Red River Railroad Company. She also provided room and board for teachers and students from nearby private schools. The Farmersville Culture Club was founded here.
In 1902, three peaked gables and a narrow porch were replaced by an asymmetrical facade and new porch, and the northeast bedrooms were extended.
Anna Bain's daughters Mary and Catherine (Cassie) married brothers, Henry Honaker and Andrew Honaker. Martha married William S. Aston. Cassie Bain Honaker lived here while her husband was in medical school, where he died. She later married James E. Jones and lived here until her death in 1928. Five generations of the Bain-Honaker family lived in this house.
Honaker family descendants donated the house to the Farmersville Historical Society in 1989.
Public/Private: Private
Tours Available?: Occasionally
Year Built: 1865
Web Address: [Web Link]
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