Historical Markers in Texas

Biard Home

Architecture·Fannin County·Texas

Built 1857 by hemp factory owner Z. K. Sims. Later owned by Thomas R. Williams, industrialist who brought to Bonham Dr. Charles Carlton, founder of Carlton College; Col. James Q. Chenoweth, first auditor of the U.S. Treasury; Judges James C. Clark and R. M. Lusk. Biard residence since 1909. RTHL - 1964

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33.5820, -96.1794

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