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Photographer: Timothy McDaniel
Taken: November 5, 2011
Caption: Goodnight Ranch House
Additional Description: The Goodnights moved in this spacious, two-story house on December 27, 1887. Records show that he hired a carpenter for $100 a month to travel to Louisiana to select cypress wood for the house, which became the first home in Goodnight, Texas. The 2,900 square foot, two-story Victorian style home contains hardwood floors made in Trinidad, Colorado, and has leaded stained glass in the windows. The house contains a 361 square foot basement and a 268-square foot sleeping porch on the south side. Two out buildings still stand on the property. Over the years , plumbing and bathrooms, were added, but the house remains essentially as Goodnight had it built and was occupied until 1998. The house was state of the art in its day, a graceful structure with five chimneys and a three color paint scheme. It included wide porches and bay windows. inside, beneath 9'4" ceilings, were four bedrooms, a parlor, Goodnights office, a dining room, a kitchen and a ballroom where Molly Goodnight entertained. The house was bought by the Mattie Hedgecock estate in 1933, and used as ranch headquarters until 1998. Mr. and Mrs. Brent Caviness, and Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Pittman bought the house in 2004. In 2005, they donated the home and 30 acres to the Armstrong county museum. In 2007 the house received Historical designation from the state of Texas and the national register of historical places.
Submitted: November 8, 2011, by Timothy McDaniel of Lewisville, Texas.
Database Locator Identification Number: p180196
File Size: 4.183 Megabytes

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