Porter House
5760 County Road 324, Caldwell, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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EST. 1825
EST. 1825
1825
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Porter House.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About Porter House
Robert U. Porter built this vernacular farmhouse near Caldwell in the nineteenth century, using Washington County lumber and Greek Revival style, after taking over his family's landholdings there. Porter and his two successive wives raised sixteen children on the farm, which anchored a community known as Porter's Prairie. Nearby stood Porter's Chapel and Cemetery.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Porter House
Robert U. Porter (1825-1899) came to Texas with his parents in 1833. He took over the family landholdings and farm operations upon his father's death. The area around this site became known as Porter's Prairie. Robert Porter and his first wife, Sallie Choate, had 7 children here, and he and his second wife, Araminta Roberson, had 9 children. The imposing vernacular farmhouse's double porch echoes the Kentucky mansions of Robert Porter's childhood in its early Greek Revival influences. Characteristic elements of the house, such as hand-hewn oak floor joists and sills, were brought from Washington County, where family tradition says Porter chose the lumber himself. The farmstead remains intact at the dawn of the 21st century. Nearby are Porter's Chapel and Cemetery. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-2000 Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5051012376
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