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New Boston in Bowie County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
 

Jones-Tyson House

 
 
Jones-Tyson House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 7, 2023
1. Jones-Tyson House Marker
Inscription. North Carolina styling and garden plantings were brought to Bowie County when Jas. W. and Laura Williams Jones built this home in 1883.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965

 
Erected 1965 by Texas State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 9489.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1883.
 
Location. 33° 27.759′ N, 94° 25.355′ W. Marker is in New Boston, Texas, in Bowie County. It is on West Magnolia Street west of North Bowie Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 211 W Magnolia St, New Boston TX 75570, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Piney Woods. Globally, it is in North America, 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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: New Boston (approx. 0.4 miles away); James Bowie / Gold Star County (approx. 1.2 miles away); Bowie County (approx. 1.2 miles away); Red Bayou Methodist Church (approx. 2 miles away); Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 5.6 miles away); Harvey C. Sanders, C.S.A. (approx. 6.6 miles away); Site of the Texas Home of Richard Ellis (approx. 6.6 miles away); Hooks (approx. 7.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Boston.
 
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Jones-Tyson House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 7, 2023
2. Jones-Tyson House Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 23, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 23, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 403 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 23, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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