Edwin Hawes House - Wharton, TX - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Text of Historical Marker:

Rosa F. McCamly had this home built in 1896. In 1897 she sold it to Edwin Hawes (b. 1852), Wharton County Judge in the 1870s and 1880s. Hawes had returned to this area after temporarily residing in Kerrville where he was Mayor. Here he was a large landowner and a political leader. The double-galleried home was purchased in 1944 by George Rust Hawes and his wife, Emily (Prasifka) the son and daughter-in-law of Edwin and Lizzie Milburn (Rust) Hawes.

Street address: 309 N. Resident Wharton, TX USA 77488 County / Borough / Parish: Wharton County Year listed: 1993 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Domestic Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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