Details for Rawlins Homestead
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5113006833
Data
| 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 |