Ammon Underwood House

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Ammon Underwood House
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Ammon Underwood House in 2016
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Ammon Underwood House
Location505 Main St.,
East Columbia, Texas
Coordinates 29°8′25″N95°37′2″W / 29.14028°N 95.61722°W / 29.14028; -95.61722
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1835 (1835)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Texas Pioneer-Anglo
NRHP reference No. 76002011 [1]
RTHL No. 9612
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 24, 1976
Designated RTHL1970

The Ammon Underwood House is a historic house in East Columbia, Texas, U.S.. It was first built as a log house for Ammon Underwood in 1835. [2] It became a boarding school in 1839, and his family home in 1839, where he lived with his wife Rachel J. Carson. [2] The house was "moved three times before the 1940s." [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 24, 1976. [3]

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  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Henson, Margarett Swett (1999). Historic Brazoria County: An Illustrated History. San Antonio, Texas: Historical Publishing Network. p. 22. ISBN   9781939300904.
  3. "Underwood, Ammon, House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 30, 2017.

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