Marker Inscription
Rosa F. McCamly had this home built in 1896. In 1897 she sold it to Edwin Hawes (b. 1852), Wharton County judge in the 1870s and 1880s. Hawes had returned to this area after temporarily residing in Kerrville, where he was mayor. Here he was a large landowner and a political leader. The double galleried home was purchased in 1944 by George Rust Hawes and his wife Emily ( Prasifka), the son and daughter-in-law of Edwin and Lizzie Milburn (Rust) Hawes. (Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1982.)
About this site
Hawes, Judge Edwin, House is a historical marker in Wharton, Wharton County, dedicated in 1982. It is one of 44 historical markers documented in Wharton County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 128 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.3162, -96.0938 near Wharton. The nearest cataloged historic site is St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Worthing, Louis F., House, Elliott, E. Clyde and Mary, House, and Moran--Moore House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5481002879. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
