Marker Inscription
Built 1872 with lumber hauled from Jefferson. Second story was added later. Bought 1946 by Alex Longmire. RTHL - 1968
Historical Marker
Brownlee, W. W. (Old Home)
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About this site
Brownlee, W. W. (Old Home) is a historical marker in Bonham, Fannin County, dedicated in 1967. It is one of 109 historical markers documented in Fannin County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 262 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.5793, -96.1811 near Bonham. The nearest cataloged historic site is Trinity Episcopal Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include McClellan-Cunningham House, First United Methodist Church of Bonham, and Confederate Commissary.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5147008850. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The W. W. Brownlee home at 220 West Sixth Street in Bonham was built in 1872 by merchant W. W. Brownlee, using lumber hauled by wagon from Jefferson. Originally a one-story house, it later gained a second floor, a double gallery, and jerkinhead gables that gave it a Queen Anne appearance, along with elaborate Stick and Eastlake gingerbread trim on the galleries. The house passed to the Longmire family in 1946.
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