Texas Historical Marker

Hawkins House

Waxahachie · Ellis County · placed 1990 · Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

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Ellis County, Texas

The story

Benjamin Franklin Hawkins, a member of the Peters Colony who was instrumental in the organization of Ellis County, built a one-story house here in 1851. It was incorporated into a two-story house in the 1880s, and was remodeled into its current Colonial Revival appearance by Hawkins' son, Frank Lee, in 1903. Prominent features include its large fluted Corinthian columns, two-story balcony with balustrade, and decorative dentils.

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