Umphress-Taylor Home - 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.
Waymark Code: WMXCQA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/27/2017
Views: 3
This home was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 (see Web Address), and it is also a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. 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.
Public/Private: Private
Tours Available?: No
Year Built: 1903
Web Address: [Web Link]
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