Metz Home - Sherman,TX
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WalksfarTX
N 33° 37.943 W 096° 36.561
14S E 721742 N 3723959
Two story home on Crockett Street, fairly well hidden by large evergreen trees.
Waymark Code: WMXJXN
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/21/2018
Views: 1
Marker Text:
Edward Metz (1854-1913) came to Texas from Michigan as a young man to join his brother, Charles, in a leather goods business. In the 1870s, they built a profitable trade, buying buffalo hides and other furs from Indian tribes in Oklahoma to sell to eastern markets. Metz is credited with helping keep peace between the Indians and settlers in Grayson County. In 1883 he built this house, with Victorian fish scale siding, as a present for his bride, Lillian (Craycroft). Occupied from 1909 to 1939 by prominent local physician Dr. J. D. Meadow, it was restored in 1975-76 by Byron Rice (b. 1957).
Public/Private: Private
Tours Available?: No
Year Built: 1883
Web Address: Not listed
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