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John W. Bull Stone House |
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Granbury vicinity,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 14' 37.053096",
-97° 56' 59.632188"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
One of earliest masonry homes in area; built in view of indian caucus site, Comanche Peak. John W. Bull (1818-98), born in Tennessee, came to Texas in 1853; preempted land here, 1861; in Jan. 1865 participated in the famed Dove Creek Indian Battle. After land grant was approved (1871), Bull hired crew under Mason Pat Gannon to build this house of stone quarried from nearby hill. Chiseled in chimney is the date March 17, 1872.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
John W. Bull Stone House Historical Marker Location Map, Granbury vicinity, Texas
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