Marker Number |
159 |
Atlas Number |
5027000159 |
Marker Title |
Old Anderson Place |
Index Entry |
Anderson Place, Old |
Address |
35 Main St. |
City |
Salado |
County |
Bell |
UTM Zone |
14 |
UTM Easting |
639799 |
UTM Northing |
3424537 |
Subject Codes |
houses, residential buildings; governors; women, women's history topics |
Marker Year |
1965 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
Yes |
Marker Location |
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Private Property |
No |
Marker Condition |
In Situ |
Marker Size |
16" x 12" Plate & Medallion |
Marker Text |
Built 1860 at edge of an old Indian campground, by James B. Anderson, one of town's founders and a school trustee in Salado. Community leaders, lawyers and doctors have lived here. Boarding here in 1883 while a student at Old Salado College was James E. Ferguson, 1915-1917 Governor of Texas--and husband of the first woman Governor. Under panelling and cedar walls. Window glass is hand blown. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965 |