Details for Bland-Fisher Home
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5405007588
Data
| Marker Number | 7588 |
| Atlas Number | 5405007588 |
| Marker Title | Bland-Fisher Home |
| Index Entry | Bland-Fisher Home |
| Address | |
| City | San Augustine |
| County | San Augustine |
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| Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings |
| Marker Year | 1981 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | 5 mi. north of San Augustine off 1279 next to BNSF rail line |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
| Marker Text | James Jefferson Bland (d. 1939) had this one-story galleried home built about 1912. It was the center of the Bland Lake community, which included Bland's general store, sawmill, cotton gin, grist mill, a school, Santa Fe Railroad, post office, and popular lakeside swimming facilities. Built of pine lumber from the mill, it features a widow's walk on the roof. Bland and his wife Mattie (Baggett) later sold the house to their daughter Lula and her husband Guy B. Fisher. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1980 |