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HABS TX-3520 (sheet 3 of 10) - Old Neese Homestead, Warrenton, Fayette County, TX
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HABS TX-3520 (sheet 3 of 10) - Old Neese Homestead, Warrenton, Fayette County, TX
Description
Neese, William; Cordes, F G; RealEstate Mortgage Corporation; Small, John, field team; Kirchenbaum, Richard, field team; Rotsch, Melvin M, project manager; Texas AandM University, sponsor; Barlow, William, delineator; Swofford, Don, delineator; Pledger, Roy, photographer
Depicted place Texas; Fayette County; Warrenton
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 19 x 24 in. (B size)
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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 TX-3520 (sheet 3 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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  • Significance: The house was constructed in 1869 by William Neese, an early German settler and local merchant. He was killed in a struggle with a thief in his store on October 3, 1872. The house was left unfinished. His widow remarried and died January 2, 1885. The estate was sold to George Weyand who sold it to F.G. Cordes. Cordes, also a merchant, finished the house and added many improvements to the estate in 1894. The house was known at the time for the large upstairs ballroom where many local people attended parties and dramatizations...
  • Survey number: HABS TX-3520
  • Building/structure dates: 1869 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1894 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: after 1966 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/tx1016.sheet.00003a
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