Bradshaw-Killough House
La Grange, Fayette County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Built in 1886 for local merchant Amzi T. Bradshaw and his wife Sarah, this house was purchased in 1908 by their daughter Nellie and her husband John Killough. In 1924, the Killoughs extensively altered the Victorian-era wood frame residence by adding the Tudor revival style crenelated arched entry portico and side porte cochere. The 2-story bay window and corbelled chimneys are reminders of the structure's original architectural style. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1991.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built in 1886 for La Grange merchant Amzi T. Bradshaw and his wife Sarah, this frame house passed in 1908 to their daughter Nellie and her husband John Killough. In 1924 the Killoughs gave the Victorian home a fashionable makeover, adding a crenelated Tudor Revival entry portico and a side porte cochère. Its two-story bay window and corbelled chimneys still hint at the residence's original nineteenth-century lines.
Why it matters
The house is a legible record of changing American taste, layering 1920s Tudor Revival fashion over a Gilded Age merchant's Victorian home.
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Related people
- · Amzi T. Bradshaw
- · Nellie Killough
- · John Killough
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