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Wood-Valda Home

 
 
Wood-Valda Home Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, May 30, 2025
1. Wood-Valda Home Marker
Inscription. "Homewood." Built 1887 by merchant, landowner, farmer Wm. Baker Wood (1853-1941) and wife, Amelia Davis (1859-1943). Choice heart pine, shiplap siding. Square nails. Board and batten kitchen at first was detached. Cypress-lined underground cistern.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965

 
Erected 1965 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 7913.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.
 
Location. 30° 23.465′ N, 95° 41.727′ W. Marker is in Montgomery, Texas, in Montgomery County. It is on Mason Street east of Maiden Lane, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 303 Mason St, Montgomery TX 77356, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Houston Metropolitan Area. It is also on the American Gulf Coast. 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 walking distance of this marker: The Montgomery Town Goat (within shouting distance of this marker); Town of Montgomery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Charles Bellinger Stewart (about 300 feet away); Montgomery County Jail (about 400 feet away); Montgomery County, C.S.A. (about 400 feet away); First State Bank (about 500 feet away); Cathalorri
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(about 600 feet away); Davis Law Office (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Montgomery.
 
Wood-Valda Home and marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, May 30, 2025
2. Wood-Valda Home and marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 3, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 154 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 3, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
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