​Oldest Home in Jacksonville 

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Marker No: 6619

Medallion & Plate

Texas Historic Landmark

This is also the W. A. Brown Home which the Texas Historical Commission lists also as a duplicate entry. 

Marker Text: ​Begun in Texas colonial style, 1857. W. A. Brown (1841-1933), veteran of Gen. N. B. Forrest's Confederate Cavalry, built main structure, 1874. Victorian additions 1890s.
​    Lumber, hand-sawn heart pine, cut nearby. Square nails. Brick of local iron-ore clay. Fine walnut staircase, craftsman lived with the family. Reared here was J. L. "Lem" Brown, merchant, author of "Larissa," a history of this area. (1965)

Geographic: 31.960836,-95.2744216

Location: 428 South Patton Street,  Jacksonville