DUANE
Duane's take
Here's how the marker tells it, and I'm just passing it along the way it was handed to me. Back in the 1850s, a German merchant by the name of Phillip Vogel put up a residence that spoke the architectural language of its day — simple Greek revival, clean lines, nothing too fussy. Modest, maybe, but it had staying power.
Vogel built well. Then 1887 rolls around, and a man named A. D.
McNabb — owner of a saddlery shop — bought the property. Now, you might file that away as an ordinary real estate transaction, but here's where the story gets a little more interesting. McNabb married a woman named Charlien Gloyd.
And Charlien Gloyd's mother? None other than Carry Nation — the temperance crusader herself. Carry Nation, who in the 1880s was operating a boarding house right there in Richmond.
So picture it: a saddler, a Greek revival house built by a German merchant, and a family tree with one of the most fire-and-brimstone personalities in American reform history hanging off one of its branches. The McNabb family held onto that house for a good long while. It stayed theirs all the way until 1972, when it was moved from its original location at 202 Jackson Street.
Phillip Vogel's sturdy little house had outlasted its address. Some things just refuse to stay put — and some family connections are too good to leave buried in a deed record.
What the marker says
Phillip Vogel, a German merchant, built this residence in the 1850s. It reflects the simple Greek revival style popular at the time. A. D. McNabb, owner of a saddlery shop, bought the property in 1887. He married Charlien Gloyd, daughter of temperance crusader Carry Nation, who operated a boarding house in Richmond in the 1880s. The McNabb family owned the house until 1972, when it was moved from its original location at 202 Jackson St. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1979