Details for Waverly

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5477008395

Data

Marker Number 8395
Atlas Number 5477008395
Marker Title Waverly
Index Entry Waverly
Address
City Chappell Hill
County Washington
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 764742
UTM Northing 3338091
Subject Codes houses, residential buildings; Greek Revival (Architectural style)
Marker Year 1967
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Yes
Marker Location On FM 2447, E of downtown Chappell Hill.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size Medallion and Plate
Marker Text (1850) Antebellum home built by William Leigh Tunstall, a practicing physician 1850-54. Also home of Col. William M. Sledge 1854-60. Sledge built railroad to Chappell Hill and mortgaged his cotton crop 1856 to build bridge over Brazos. Greek Revival architecture; arched cornices; hand hewn cedar sills; native stone.

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