Howard-Dickinson House
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N 32° 08.949 W 094° 47.967
15S E 330295 N 3558386
Historic home located at the corner of South Main and Howard streets in Henderson (501 South Main Street). The marker features a medallion and plate.
Waymark Code: WMK7H5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2014
Views: 11
Tours of the historic home are by appointment by calling 903-657-5528.
Marker Number: 11005
Marker Text:
First brick home in county. Built 1855 by brothers, David P. and Jas. Logan Howard, settlers from Richmond, Va. The Howards made bricks with mud mill and later with a patented machine and kiln on the premises.
(Howard bricks and carpentry went into the old courthouse on Square-- and most of the city's major construction in later 1800s.)
Structure is iron-reinforced; has hand-wrought woodwork and oldest plastered walls in city.
A frequent visitor in early years to this house was Texas statesman Sam Houston, a cousin of Martha Ann (Mrs. Dave) Howard.
The home was bought 1905 by Mrs. M. C. Dickinson, the daughter of Dr. Alfred Graham, a pioneer physician of Rusk County. To the original house, the Dickinsons added frame wing at the rear.
Purchased in 1950 by Mr. and Mrs. Homer L. Bryce, and given by the Bryces in 1964 to the Rusk County Heritage Association, the house was restored in 1967 by work of friends of Texas history.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1968
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