Details for Hoyle Cabin
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5309002507
Data
Marker Number | 2507 |
Atlas Number | 5309002507 |
Marker Title | Hoyle Cabin |
Index Entry | Hoyle Cabin |
Address | |
City | Waco |
County | McLennan |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 672346 |
UTM Northing | 3493790 |
Subject Codes | cabins, log houses |
Marker Year | 1963 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
Marker Location | 421 Rice Ave on western edge of Cameron Park in Waco (on private property) |
Private Property | Yes |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
Marker Text | Originally situated on and patented in Rusk County about 1853 to Matilda Holye (later Mrs. Purviance Williams). Built 1858 of hand-hewn and saw-notched native yellow pine logs. After 1880, cabin was owned for many years by family of Eli Benjamin (1845-1911) and Julia Kilgore Snelgrove (1850-1928) and their son John B. and his wife Georgia Ann Waldrop Snelgrove. Purchased 1955, moved to Waco, and restored by Roger N. Conger. |