Strain Farm -- Lancaster TX
N 32° 35.286 W 096° 45.085
14S E 711046 N 3607856
The W. A. Strain farm has been an operating family farm since 1846, the year after Texas joined the United States
Waymark Code: WMTMNC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/12/2016
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You can't miss the amazing Strain farmhouse standing proud and tall on the prairie southeast of downtown Lancaster. In 2016, the farm is still owned and operated by descendants of the Strain family. The house has been completely and accurately restored since it was heavily damaged in the 1994 Lancaster Tornado, and is a jewel on the prairie.
The farm was purchased by W. A. Strain, a pioneer settler here, and in 2016 is still operated by his descendants as a working farm. Signs outside the farm and the home attest to its importance as a historical, agricultural, and cultural asset.
The state historic marker for the historic home at the farm reads as follows:
"W. A. STRAIN HOME
This residence was built for W. A. (1861 - 1907) and Minnie (White) Strain (1867 - 1957), whose pioneer family bought this property in 1846. Begun in 1895, the structure was completed in late 1896. Noted architect James E. Flanders of the Dallas firm of Flanders-Moad designed the frame Victorian house, with its ornate porch decoration and fishscale shingling. The Strain's son Ellis White (b. 1900) later occupied the home with his wife Ruth (Clark) (1902 - 1975) and their four daughters.
RTHL 1977"
Physical Marker: yes
Century Farm Website: [Web Link]
Retail Sales to the Public: no
Farm-fresh Products:
Additional Years of Recognition: Not listed
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