Details for Lusk House
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5309003148
Data
Marker Number | 3148 |
Atlas Number | 5309003148 |
Marker Title | Lusk House |
Index Entry | Lusk House |
Address | 301 Jefferson St |
City | Waco |
County | McLennan |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 670938 |
UTM Northing | 3497616 |
Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings; Roman Catholic denomination |
Marker Year | 1965 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
Marker Location | 301 Jefferson (3rd & Jefferson), Waco |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
Marker Text | This house was built in 1866 by Capt. R.W. Lusk. In 1885, his widow, Margaret Henry Lusk, married her brother-in-law, Dr. W. R. Clifton, a pioneer Waco businessman, who lived here until 1925, when the property was purchased by the Franciscan Fathers for a monastery. |