Marker Inscription
Ira Mose Newman, born in 1887 to a prominent Nolan County ranching family, was a leading area businessman, with interests including real estate and banking. He was an active civic leader, an award-winning trapshooter and a Texas Tech University regent. His wife, Margaret (Hamner), was also active in civic affairs. Designed in 1925 by the local firm of Nichol and Campbell, the Newman House is one-and-one-half stories with a basement. The Tudor Revival styling features a cross-gabled roofline, a pronounced chimney, grouped windows and arched entryway. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2003
About this site
I.M. (Mose) and Margaret Newman House is a historical marker in Sweetwater, Nolan County, dedicated in 2003. It is one of 17 historical markers documented in Nolan County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 20 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.4749, -100.4034 near Sweetwater. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ragland, R.A. House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Davis House, First Baptist Church of Sweetwater, and Ragland Building.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5353013013. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
