Dunlap-Simpson House - Waxahachie, TX
N 32° 23.747 W 096° 51.651
14S E 701201 N 3586320
Located at 1203 W Main St, Waxahachie, TX, the Dunlap-Simpson House is a beautiful Queen Anne style home built by one of the local movers and shakers, Oscar E. Dunlap.
Waymark Code: WMMA9A
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/20/2014
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This home has received multiple honors, such as inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, while a Texas Historical Marker here provides some background:
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
Public/Private: Private
Tours Available?: No
Year Built: 1890
Web Address: Not listed
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