Answer the following questions as accurately and completely as possible when ordering a:
TEXAS HISTORICAL BUILDING MEDALLION AND INTERPRETIVE PLATE.
1. When was the structure built? (Exact date, if possib
le) 1824 - 1826
2. If it took more than one year to build, when was it completed?
3. Who was the builder? Wi. S.
Brown
4. What materials went into its construction? Rough hewn logs and timbers
cedar floor joists;
elm, oak, cotton wood, cedar logs,
local rock chimney
5. Who was the architect (if known)?
6. What Architectural period can this structure be classified into? (Gothic, Victorian, Spanish, etc.)
Early pioneer Texas log house.
7. What distinguishing features, on exterior or interior does it have? -6" 12"
1'' x 184
split lg walls ;
X 10' hig'h omn "Ti-olt" ,I n+ through one room.
8. Was the location of the structure significant when it was built?
On Hidalgo Bluffs, high above Brazos River,
at an early river crossing,
Yes
If so, how?
3-1/2 mi. NW of Washington,
"Falls of the Brazos.
9. Give details of the life of the builder, where he was from, why he settled here, what family he had, were
they famous, etc Wm. S. Brown, builder, member Austin's OLD 300
seal at San Felipe 24 July 18,4 Qg Sylj -Castlmnn, w
.Pdi 4 reals for
witnessed by Baron
de iastrop,$.i. Austin,John P.
Austin & Samuel M. Williams,
for 4,428 acres
west side of Br3azos, 1/2 loague2 distance from mouth of ilavasota River.
10. How many generations have lived in this structure?
11. If a church or public building, give details and circumstances under which it was founded.
12. If a business establishment, what was sold or produced here?
13. What is the timing of the structure in the community (the first one, etc)?
o originall o farm
on Hidalgo luf s, 10-1/2 mi. NE of Present location.
14. Have famous people lived or vis ed here? . dive details.
D. x o. odiuwn ater -wner, was C ounded L t . n Jinto
Devei ux Woodlief, later owner, was wounded at San Jacinto.
15. What events important to the area, region, or Texas have occurred here?
Both Washington and Independence were early
settlements of importance.
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