Details for The Bickham House
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5419007676
Data
| Marker Number | 7676 |
| Atlas Number | 5419007676 |
| Marker Title | The Bickham House |
| Index Entry | Bickham House, The |
| Address | 794 FM 2694 |
| City | Shelbyville |
| County | Shelby |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 400531 |
| UTM Northing | 3514799 |
| Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings |
| Marker Year | 1973 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | 2 mi. east of Shelbyville via SH 147 to FM 2694 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
| Marker Text | On site of J. M. Crawford home, built 1850, razed by fire, 1885. Erected by Crawford's stepson, Frederick Lee Bickham (1866-1907), prominent landowner and rancher, in 1885-88. Here he and his wife, Nevada Levonia Mhoon, brought up their children and Bickham's stepsisters and stepbrothers. Timber (cedar, cypress, and heart pine) for house was cut on the property. In 1972, N. O. Thomas bought, restored, and renamed the house "Welcome Hall." Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1973 |