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Old Anderson Place

Salado, Bell County

Marker Text

Built 1860 at edge of an old Indian campground, by James B. Anderson, one of town's founders and a school trustee in Salado. Community leaders, lawyers and doctors have lived here. Boarding here in 1883 while a student at Old Salado College was James E. Ferguson, 1915-1917 Governor of Texas--and husband of the first woman Governor. Under panelling and cedar walls. Window glass is hand blown. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965

Marker Details

Address 35 Main St.
Location Description
Marker # 159
Dedicated 1965
Size, Type 16" x 12" Plate & Medallion
Code houses, residential buildings; governors; women, women's history topics
Latitude, Longitude 30.946012, -97.536515

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