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Marshall in Harrison County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
 

Trammel's Trace Cabin

 
 
Trammel's Trace Cabin plate image. Click for full size.
Photographed by QuesterMark, July 5, 2016
1. Trammel's Trace Cabin plate
Inscription. Built before 1842. Hand-hewn logs, chinked with pipe clay. For strength has butterfly mortising on log ends and beams with tee-braces. Was part of a 2-pen dog-trot house. Moved here, 1938, by Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Key, Jr.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1965

 
Erected 1965 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 10220.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: ArchitectureSettlements & Settlers.
 
Location. 32° 32.2′ N, 94° 21.942′ W. Marker is in Marshall, Texas, in Harrison County. It is on Henley Perry Drrive east of South Bolivar Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 301 Henley Perry Dr, Marshall TX 75670, 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
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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: Kahn Memorial Hospital (approx. 0.2 miles away); Home of Last Texas Confederate Governor Pendleton Murrah (approx. Ό mile away); Whetstone-Lancaster House (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Adams House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Confederate Capitol of Missouri (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Turner House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Site of Central School (approx. 0.4 miles away); Weisman-Hirsch House (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marshall.
 
More about this marker. The medallion part of this marker is on the actual cabin, but the plate part is on a low wall up near the street.
 
Trammel's Trace Cabin with medallion image. Click for full size.
Photographed by QuesterMark, July 5, 2016
2. Trammel's Trace Cabin with medallion
This photo taken at maximum zoom.
Trammel's Trace Cabin image. Click for full size.
Photographed by QuesterMark, July 5, 2016
3. Trammel's Trace Cabin
The medallion is to the right of the door, partially obscured by a porch column.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 31, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 30, 2016, by QuesterMark of Fort Worth, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,132 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 30, 2016, by QuesterMark of Fort Worth, Texas. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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