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 The H.B. Sanborn House
N 35° 12.036 W 101° 50.766
14S E 240888 N 3899000
Texas Historical Marker at the H.B. Sanborn House at 1311 Madison St, Amarillo, TX, providing some background on "The Father of Amarillo" and this house he built in 1902.
Waymark Code: WMZHZA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/16/2018
Views: 2
Marker Number: 2312
Marker Text:
Built 1902 in 500 block, South Buchanan, by principal early developer of Amarillo, Henry Bradley Sanborn (1845-1912). At original site were also owner's office building, carriage house, stables for six coach horses, and a deer park. After death of Sanborn, the home was relocated here in 1921. Losses from the original include brick chimneys and cupola with weather vane.
This is now one of the oldest houses in city of Amarillo.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1971
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