Graves-Payne House

This home dates to the ownership of the Aaron S. Graves family, who lived in Kentucky and Missouri before settling here in the Union Hill community of Bosque County by the 1870s. A carved limestone brick in the fireplace indicates the house was built in 1876. From 1940 to 1973, it was home to the family of Shelton Payne, a Georgia native who farmed the land. The vernacular stone structure, typical of pioneer homes of the area, features gabled dormers, a hipped roof, a double-pen floor plan, low windows with segmented arches above and a chimney. The farmstead includes a windmill, a cistern and storeroom, and a well. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2004

Graves-Payne House is a historical marker in Kopperl, Bosque County, dedicated in 2004. It is one of 46 historical markers documented in Bosque County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 131 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.0573, -97.5592 near Kopperl. The nearest cataloged historic site is Union Hill School (historical marker), about 1.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Kopperl Cemetery, Kimball, and First United Methodist Church of Morgan.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5035013078. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.