Marker Inscription
Architecture
Historic Place
Perkins, James I. and Myrta Blake, House
The landmarks the nation chose to remember.
About this site
Perkins, James I. and Myrta Blake, House is a historic place in Rusk, Cherokee County, dedicated in 2002. It is one of 3 historic places documented in Cherokee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 245 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.7951, -95.1479 near Rusk. The nearest cataloged historic site is First United Methodist Church of Rusk (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Perkins, James I., The, Family Home, Cherokee County Courthouse, and Rusk Footbridge.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2002000823. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This house on Fifth Street in Rusk blends a one-story Greek Revival section built around 1851 with two-story wings and Victorian detailing added in 1893 by Nacogdoches architect Diedrich Rulfs for James I. Perkins. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002, it was the first property in Rusk and the fifth in Cherokee County to receive the designation.
Sources: atlas.thc.texas.govwaymarking.comlandmarkhunter.com
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