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The Bickham House

  Texas Historical Markers
Shelbyville, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 45' 52.81662999996", -94° 3' 2.23949000016"
 
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     On site of J. M. Crawford home, built 1850, razed by fire, 1885. Erected by Crawford's stepson, Frederick Lee Bickham (1866-1907), prominent landowner and rancher, in 1885-88. Here he and his wife, Nevada Levonia Mhoon, brought up their children and Bickham's stepsisters and stepbrothers. Timber (cedar, cypress, and heart pine) for house was cut on the property. In 1972, N. O. Thomas bought, restored, and renamed the house Welcome Hall. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1973

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

The Bickham House Historical Marker Location Map, Shelbyville, Texas