Broadstreet Farmhouse

Duane's take

Here's how the official marker tells it, and I'll give it to you straight with a little room to breathe. Paris and Mary Broadstreet came out of Mississippi in 1861 and put down roots five miles southeast of where you're standing right now. They built themselves a farmhouse, and in that house they raised a family, and in that family they raised a son named Samuel.

Samuel Broadstreet, born in 1864. Now, Paris and Mary may have built the walls, but Samuel was the one who gave those walls a story worth telling. He went all the way to Louisville, Kentucky, to the Louisville Medical School, and he graduated in 1888.

Then he came back. Came right back to that farmhouse his parents had built with their own hands. For two years he practiced medicine out of that very house, country roads and all, before he opened a larger office in town.

And once he did, Titus County took notice. For nearly half a century, Dr. Samuel Broadstreet was a prominent physician in this county.

Nearly half a century. That is not a footnote. That is a life's work.

The house itself? Well, it had its own second act. In 1971, Mr. and Mrs.

J.H. Mullins had it moved and restored. A farmhouse built by a Mississippi couple, turned into a doctor's first office, and saved all over again by people who understood what it meant to hold onto something real.

That's the Broadstreet Farmhouse.

What the marker says

Built by Paris and Mary (Harris) Broadstreet soon after they came from Mississippi (1861), settling 5 miles southeast of here. A son, Samuel (1864-1934), graduated from the Louisville (Ky.) Medical School in 1888 and practiced for two years in this house before opening a larger office in town. For nearly half a century, Dr. Broadstreet was a prominent Titus County physician. The house was moved and restored in 1971 by Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Mullins. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1972