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Built 1860-1872. Native limestone and cedar. New England colonial architecture. Bought 1872 for $3,000 in gold by Mrs. Elizabeth Bullock Smith Huling, who as an orphan from Kentucky was in the group of Texas families fleeing toward the Sabine River just ahead of Santa Anna's army in the 1836 "Runaway Scrape". Her husband, Thomas B. Huling (1805-1865), was in the revolution, and was later a Republic of Texas Congressman.
Huling Cottage is a historical marker in Lampasas, Lampasas County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 73 historical markers documented in Lampasas County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 122 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.0700, -98.7053 near Lampasas. The nearest cataloged historic site is Huling, W. N., Home, 1877 (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Bend Sand Hill, McAnelly Settlement, and Hardy.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5281002595. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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