Details for Rawlins Homestead

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5113006833

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Marker Number 6833
Atlas Number 5113006833
Marker Title Rawlins Homestead
Index Entry Rawlins Homestead
Address
City Lancaster
County Dallas
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 709264
UTM Northing 3606800
Subject Codes Greek Revival (Architectural style); houses, residential buildings; pioneers
Marker Year 1964
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Yes
Marker Location FM 342 and Lancaster-Hutchins Rd.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size Medallion & Plate
Marker Text In 1845 Roderick Rawlins the elder settled this area. His son Roderick A. Rawlins (1833 - 1910) married his teacher, Virginia Bledsoe, daughter of the founder of Lancaster. They started this house in 1855. After serving as a Confederate officer during the Civil War (1861-65), Capt. Rawlins rebuilt his home in the popular Greek Revival style. It stood halfway between Waxahachie and Dallas. Travelers obtained water and sometimes camped at its well. RTHL - 1964
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