Florence Ranch Home
N 32° 49.453 W 096° 37.051
14S E 723029 N 3634314
Texas Historical Marker at the Florence Ranch Home, a Victorian era Prairie Style home with modifications, built by the family who owned a significant amount of land here in what is now Mesquite. Located at 1424 Barnes Bridge Rd, Mesquite, TX.
Waymark Code: WMMGHH
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/17/2014
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The ranch today is a small historical park, with tours of the home and the farmstead available, depending on the timing of your visit. They have a website here. (
visit link)
Marker Number: 6712
Marker Text:
David W. (1848-1932) and Julia Savannah (Beaty) Florence (1850-1914) built the first portion of this ranch house in 1871-72 after moving here from Van Zandt County. Elaborate wood trim decorates the gallery of the simple frame structure. The house was enlarged by the 1890s, when the Florence Homestead covered 730 acres. After Florence retired in 1908, his son Emet (1885-1963) and Emet's wife Perle (Curtis) (1889-1976) continued to run the ranch, known as Meadow View Farm.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1978
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