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 Dunlap-Simpson House
N 32° 23.747 W 096° 51.651
14S E 701201 N 3586320
Texas Historical Marker at the Dunlap-Simpson House, a beautiful Queen Anne style home built by one of the local movers and shakers, Oscar E. Dunlap. Located at 1203 W Main St, Waxahachie, TX.
Waymark Code: WMMA99
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/20/2014
Views: 2
Marker Number: 7073
Marker Text:
A fine example of Queen Anne Revival architecture, this house has among its many rooms two hexagons, two octagons. It was built in 1890-91 by Judge Oscar E. Dunlap (1849-1925), a banker, political leader, chairman of Texas Council of Defense in World War I, good roads advocate, industrialist, humanitarian, founder of the Sims Library, Waxahachie. Later owners have included Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Prince, Mrs. Sadie R. Hardesty, and Mr. and Mrs. Max H. Simpson.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1974
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