Umphress--Taylor House - Van Alstyne, TX
N 33° 24.954 W 096° 34.430
14S E 725599 N 3700025
Built in 1903, the Umphress-Taylor Home is a beautiful example of Victorian architecture, at 161 E Paris St, Van Alstyne, TX. It could use a little TLC, though. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Waymark Code: WMXCQD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/27/2017
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The house is also a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and a 1981 Texas Historical Marker here provides some background:
Pioneer area landowner, banker, agriculturalist, and community leader James C. Umphress (1841-1917), a Confederate veteran of the Civil War, built this Victorian house for his wife Julia Caroline (Veazey) (d.1932) in 1903. In 1932 it was inherited by a daughter, Maude (Umphress) Taylor (d.1977), who lived here until 1974. A civic leader, she was the wife of local banker and grain dealer Spencer Taylor (d.1943). The family home features influences of Queen Anne and Classical Revival styling.
Street address: 161 E Paris St Van Alstyne, TX USA 75495
County / Borough / Parish: Grayson
Year listed: 1986
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Domestic
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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