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Bailey--Ragland House
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About this site
Bailey--Ragland House is a historic place in Paris, Lamar County, dedicated in 1988. It is one of 27 historic places documented in Lamar County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 89 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.6541, -95.5607 near Paris. The nearest cataloged historic site is Wise--Fielding House and Carriage House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include High House, Lamar County Hospital, and Latimer, William and Etta, House (Gone).
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2088001917. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Bailey-Ragland House in Paris, Texas, is one of the city's more substantial and intact Victorian residences, an asymmetrical two-story house showing early Colonial Revival detailing and a distinctive curved corner window. Its original owner, Frank H. Bailey, was a Confederate major, founder of the Lamar Cotton Oil Company, a city alderman, and mayor of Paris. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Historic Resources of Paris.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgvisitparistexas.comatlas.thc.texas.gov
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