Details for Isham Davis Home
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5185008569
Data
Marker Number | 8569 |
Atlas Number | 5185008569 |
Marker Title | Isham Davis Home |
Index Entry | Davis, Isham, Home |
Address | |
City | Iola |
County | Grimes |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 781625 |
UTM Northing | 3399468 |
Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings |
Marker Year | 1965 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
Marker Location | From Iola take FM 244 S approximately 4.3 miles to CR 162 (Lake Grove Cemetery Rd.) then E on CR 162 approximately 2 miles to CR 157; then N on CR 157 approximately .8 miles (structure is on a hilltop approximately 200 yards from road). |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
Marker Text | Built 1848. Has hand-hewn cedar in log foundation, ceilings and beams. For 115 years in family of Isham D. Davis, whose wife, Martha, was a daughter of Mathew Caldwell, one of the signers of Texas Declaration of Independence. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965 |