Historical Markers in Texas

Purvines Ranch Home

Architecture·Carson County·Texas

Built 1906-08 in land of lumber scarcity by Carroll and Kate Purvines, (from Illinois) of cement blocks they made by hand, using local sand. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1964

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35.3496, -101.3815

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