​Graves-Payne House

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Marker Text: ​This home dates to the ownership of the Aaron S. Graves family, who lived in Kentucky and Missouri before settling here in the Union Hill community of Bosque County by the 1870s. A carved limestone brick in the fireplace indicates the house was built in 1876. From 1940 to 1973, it was home to the family of Shelton Payne, a Georgia native who farmed the land. The vernacular stone structure, typical of pioneer homes of the area, features gabled dormers, a hipped roof, a double-pen floor plan, low windows with segmented arches above and a chimney. The farmstead includes a windmill, a cistern and storeroom, and a well. (2004)

Marker No: 13078

Medallion & Plate

Texas Historic Landmark

Geographic: 32.057236,-97.548912

Location: 5.3 miles northeast on SH 174, then right on CR 1140