​The Marshall-Chapman Home

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Marker No: 10300

Medallion & Plate

Texas Historic Landmark

Geographic: 30.192230,-98091629

Location: ​500 Mercer Street, Dripping Springs

Marker Text: ​Burrell J. Marshall (1826-1872) built this residence in 1871 by adding rooms of native limestone to an existing frame structure. He used his home briefly as a post office while he was postmaster. When Marshall died in 1872. His widow Martha (1835-1924) married Wm., Thomas Chapman (1835-1917), who also became postmaster and a trustee of the Dripping Springs Academy. Marshall and Chapman family members owned the house until 1942, when John and Clara Wilson bought it. (1976)