Mount Vernon in Franklin County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

The Wright-Vaughan House

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, September 12, 2023

1. The Wright-Vaughan House Marker

Inscription. Residence of Mt. Vernon's first physician, William C. Wright (1820-1890), a North Carolinian who married Mary Rutherford in Tennessee and moved here in 1850. About 1870, Dr. Wright built this house, making earlier home into hospital. (It was so used until 1945.) Dr. and Mrs. Wright gave (1889) this house to youngest daughter, Jennie (Mrs. Charles) Vaughan, whose daughter Jessie lived here until 1971. Bought 1972 and restored by Ruth Elliott Monden. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1974

Erected 1974 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 9852.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.

Location. 33° 11.33′ N, 95° 13.131′ W. Marker is in Mount Vernon, Texas, in Franklin County. It is on Main Street (U.S. 67) 0.1 miles west of Arrington, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 311 Main Street, Mount Vernon TX 75457, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

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a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rutherford Drugstore (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Franklin County Courthouse (approx. 0.2 miles away); Site of the Merchants and Planters National Bank (approx. 0.2 miles away); First Baptist Church of Mount Vernon (approx. ¼ mile away); Joshua Foster Johnson (approx. 0.3 miles away); First United Methodist Church of Mount Vernon (approx. 0.3 miles away); Franklin County (approx. 0.9 miles away); Historic Roadside Park (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Vernon.

The Wright-Vaughan House and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, September 12, 2023

2. The Wright-Vaughan House and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 15, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 427 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 15, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.