George Washington Baines House

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George Washington Baines House
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George Washington Baines House
George Washington Baines House
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Location316 Royal St., Salado, Texas, U.S. [1]
Coordinates 30°56′31″N97°31′57″W / 30.94194°N 97.53250°W / 30.94194; -97.53250
Arealess than one acre [2]
Built1866 (1866) [2]
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Salado MRA
NRHP reference No. 83003078 [3]
RTHL No. 279
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 5, 1983
Designated RTHL1981

The George Washington Baines House is located in the city of Salado, Bell County, Texas. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1981 [1] and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [2]

George Washington Baines was the father of Joseph Wilson Baines, who was the father of Rebekah Baines, mother of Lyndon B. Johnson. [4] A Baptist minister, Rev. Baines had been president of Baylor University, and traveled for the Baptist State Convention when he built this house around 1866. The Greek Revival style house is a one-and-one-half-story frame structure. The front of the house features a double-door transomed entrance. The porch is supported by square columns. Baines lived in this house from 1870 to 1882. [1] [5] Reverend Baines, his second wife Cynthia, daughter Anna Melissa, and son Taliaferro (Tollie) lived at the home. [6]

The Baines House Bed, Breakfast & Beyond Inn formerly operated at the property. It described the home as an "original Greek revival, Texas dogtrot style home with [a] salt box roof". [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Details for George Washington Baines House". Texas Historical Commission Atlas. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form" (PDF). Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  4. Woods, Randall Bennett (2006). LBJ: Architect of American Ambition . Free Press. pp.  15–16. ISBN   978-0-684-83458-0.
  5. Summerlin, Travis L. "George Washington Baines". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  6. "Baines House (Historic Site #8)". Visit Salado Texas. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  7. "About Us". Baines House Bed, Breakfast & Beyond Inn. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)