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Marker No: 1334

Medallion & Plate

Texas Historic Landmark

Geographic: 31.567671, -97.187233

Location: ​1901 North 5th Street, Waco

Marker Text: ​Built in 1858-59, this handsome Greek revival house symbolized culture to early Waco, although only half was ever completed. Local post oak, plantation-made brick, cypress siding, and heart pine flooring were used by the builder, an unknown shipwright.
​       Owner B. W. Earle, a physician, died in 1859, but his wife Eliza Earle lived and entertained here for years. Her brother, Gen. Thos. Harrison, a Civil War veteran and lawyer, bought it in 1872. (1970)