Details for Graves-Payne House

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5035013078

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Marker Number 13078
Atlas Number 5035013078
Marker Title Graves-Payne House
Index Entry Graves-Payne House
Address CR 1140
City Kopperl
County Bosque
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 636984
UTM Northing 3547701
Subject Codes houses, residential buildings; pioneers
Marker Year 2004
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Yes
Marker Location Off CR 1140 on private property. Map dot approximate.
Private Property Yes
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size Medallion & Plate
Marker Text This home dates to the ownership of the Aaron S. Graves family, who lived in Kentucky and Missouri before settling here in the Union Hill community of Bosque County by the 1870s. A carved limestone brick in the fireplace indicates the house was built in 1876. From 1940 to 1973, it was home to the family of Shelton Payne, a Georgia native who farmed the land. The vernacular stone structure, typical of pioneer homes of the area, features gabled dormers, a hipped roof, a double-pen floor plan, low windows with segmented arches above and a chimney. The farmstead includes a windmill, a cistern and storeroom, and a well. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2004

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