Details for Huling Cottage

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5281002595

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Marker Number 2595
Atlas Number 5281002595
Marker Title Huling Cottage
Index Entry Huling Cottage
Address
City Lampasas
County Lampasas
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 528116
UTM Northing 3437219
Subject Codes Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas; houses, residential buildings; women, women's history topics
Marker Year 1965
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Yes
Marker Location 205 Second Street, Lampasas
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size Medallion and Plate
Marker Text Built 1860-1872. Native limestone and cedar. New England colonial architecture. Bought 1872 for $3,000 in gold by Mrs. Elizabeth Bullock Smith Huling, who as an orphan from Kentucky was in the group of Texas families fleeing toward the Sabine River just ahead of Santa Anna's army in the 1836 "Runaway Scrape". Her husband, Thomas B. Huling (1805-1865), was in the revolution, and was later a Republic of Texas Congressman.

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