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. |