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G. C. and Clara Mick Home

  Texas Historical Markers
Wharton vicinity, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 16' 29.702604", -95° 57' 39.486816"
 
    Texas State
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     Oldest in town founded 1900, on new Wharton-Palacios rail line. Mick, Missouri wheat grower and stock farmer, entered Texas on a Rice Special, 1903. First home on land was a hurricane victim. Eldest son, A. C. Mick, laid out Iago, was architect this house. Used Cuban carpenters. Mansard roof. Cistern on porch. First electric plant in area. Bell rung only in emergencies, often a shelter in hurricanes. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

G. C. and Clara Mick Home Historical Marker Location Map, Wharton vicinity, Texas