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Rawlins Homestead

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FM 342 and Lancaster-Hutchins Rd., Lancaster, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 34' 44.098716", -96° 46' 14.28474"
 
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    In 1845 Roderick Rawlins the elder settled this area. His son Roderick A. Rawlins (1833 - 1910) married his teacher, Virginia Bledsoe, daughter of the founder of Lancaster. They started this house in 1855. After serving as a Confederate officer during the Civil War (1861-65), Capt. Rawlins rebuilt his home in the popular Greek Revival style. It stood halfway between Waxahachie and Dallas. Travelers obtained water and sometimes camped at its well. RTHL - 1964

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Rawlins Homestead Historical Marker Location Map, Lancaster, Texas

 
   
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