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HABS TEX,21-MICA.V,1- (sheet 4 of 10) - Gay-MacGregor-Allen Cabin, Rock Prairie Road, Millican, Brazos County, TX
Title
HABS TEX,21-MICA.V,1- (sheet 4 of 10) - Gay-MacGregor-Allen Cabin, Rock Prairie Road, Millican, Brazos County, TX
Description
Hejtmancik, Bruce; Hsuie, I-ming; Larkin, Nancy; McCormick, Molly; Ufer, Michael; Wang, Alfred; Wilson, Catherine; Martin, Anthony J; Ufer, Susan; Woodcock, David G, faculty sponsor; Texas AandM University, Department of Architecture, sponsor
Depicted place Texas; Brazos County; Millican
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS TEX,21-MICA.V,1- (sheet 4 of 10)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention
  • Significance: The Gay-McGregor-Allen House, one of the first houses built in Brazos County, is probably the only surviving house that predates the Republic of Texas. Thomas Gay, the founder of Washington on the Brazos, first capitol of the Republic, arrived in Texas from Georgia in May 1830 with Stephen F. Austin's second colony. Gay bought this quarter-league from Robert Mathews in July 1834. Assessed value increased twelve-fold between 1834 and 1838 suggesting a construction date for the house. After his death in December 1838 his widow Eleanor kept the Peach Creek property, which remained in the family until 1868. After forty years in the McGregor family, the land passed through several owners to E. E. Allen in 1927. It is now owned by Bennie and Evelyn Allen of Bryan...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-212
  • Survey number: HABS TX-3341
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1838 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/tx0603.sheet.00004a
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