Baggett, Silas and Ellen, House - Belton, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 31° 03.965 W 097° 27.622
14R E 646889 N 3437944
The house was probably built in 1886 and is one of the best surviving examples of the Queen Anne style in Belton.
Waymark Code: WMX39G
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2017
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The Silas and Ellen Baggett House was built about 1890 for local cattle baron and businessman Silas Baggett and his wife. Baggett (1822-1897) arrived in Bell County before the Civil War and bought a large parcel of land near Howard, approximately five miles northwest of Temple.
The ranch became a stopping point on the north-south stage route and the Chisholm trail which ran near the property. After the Civil War, Baggett and his two sons Ele and Monroe, organized cattle drives to Kansas and Montana. With the profits earned from this and other ventures, Baggett built this large home. His son Ele built a house which is almost a mirror image of it across the street.