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The Sims Cabin |
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1020 Sleepy Hollow, Waco,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
31° 26' 53.10786999984",
-103° 33' 29.33019"
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Texas State Historical Marker |
Built 1852 in Freestone County by Sterling Sims (d. 1882), settler from Georgia. With family and 17 slaves, Sims journeyed up the Trinity from Galveston, then by ox-wagon from Navarro Crossing to 490-acre farm he had bought. He and skilled slave carpenter built oak cabin as permanent home. The 18-foot (14x 14) sills weigh more than a ton each. Moved to Waco, 1930s; damaged by fire, 1959; cabin has been restored by Robert E. Davis.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
The Sims Cabin Historical Marker Location Map, Waco, Texas
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