Details for Umphress-Taylor Home
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5181011546
Data
| Marker Number | 11546 |
| Atlas Number | 5181011546 |
| Marker Title | Umphress-Taylor Home |
| Index Entry | Umphress-Taylor Home |
| Address | 161 Paris |
| City | Van Alstyne |
| County | Grayson |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 725602 |
| UTM Northing | 3700026 |
| Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings; Queen Anne (Architectural style); Victorian (architectural term) |
| Marker Year | 1981 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | 161 Paris at Preston |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
| Marker Text | Pioneer area landowner, banker, agriculturalist, and community leader James C. Umphress (1841-1917), a Confederate veteran of the Civil War, built this Victorian house for his wife Julia Caroline (Veazey) (d.1932) in 1903. In 1932 it was inherited by a daughter, Maude (Umphress) Taylor (d.1977), who lived here until 1974. A civic leader, she was the wife of local banker and grain dealer Spencer Taylor (d.1943). The family home features influences of Queen Anne and classical revival styling. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1981 |