Details for The Wood-Hughes House
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5477008408
Data
| Marker Number | 8408 |
| Atlas Number | 5477008408 |
| Marker Title | The Wood-Hughes House |
| Index Entry | Wood-Hughes House, The |
| Address | |
| City | Brenham |
| County | Washington |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 750525 |
| UTM Northing | 3339609 |
| Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings; Victorian (architectural term) |
| Marker Year | 1974 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | 614 S. Austin St., Brenham |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
| Marker Text | W. A. Wood (1851-1909) and his wife Fannie (Wheeler) built this house in 1897. A lumber yard owner, Wood used fine materials--oak, heart pine, Louisiana cypress--and had siding milled to simulate cut stone. This is an excellent example of late Victorian residential architecture. Home was sold 1913 to planter-rancher Henry W. Hughes (1865-1935) and wife Bess (Thornhill), whose family owned it 58 years, selling in 1971 to Kenneth E. and Fonda (Clark) Rich, who call it "Clarich." |