Texas Historical Marker

Moores-Burke-Ragland Home

Texarkana · Bowie County · placed 1978 · Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

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Bowie County, Texas

The story

This residence was erected in 1895 for Rachel Perry Godbold Moores (1830-1904). Her husband David (1827-1892) was a member of the pioneer Moores family. Henry Koerner designed the Neo-Classical house with decorative fish scale shingling.

The interior has elegant parquet flooring. Robert Emmett Burke bought the house in 1904. It was occupied from 1920 to 1965 by the S.

M. Ragland family. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1978

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