Broadstreet Farmhouse
Mount Pleasant, Titus County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Built by Paris and Mary (Harris) Broadstreet soon after they came from Mississippi (1861), settling 5 miles southeast of here. A son, Samuel (1864-1934), graduated from the Louisville (Ky.) Medical School in 1888 and practiced for two years in this house before opening a larger office in town. For nearly half a century, Dr. Broadstreet was a prominent Titus County physician. The house was moved and restored in 1971 by Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Mullins. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1972
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Paris and Mary Broadstreet built this farmhouse soon after arriving from Mississippi in 1861, settling southeast of present Mount Pleasant. Their son Samuel earned a medical degree in Louisville in 1888 and practiced from the house for two years before moving to a town office, going on to serve Titus County as a physician for nearly half a century. The house was moved and restored in 1971 and recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark the following year.
Why it matters
A frontier farmhouse that doubled as a country doctor's first office preserves the story of how medical care reached rural nineteenth-century Texas.
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Related people
- · Paris Broadstreet
- · Mary Harris Broadstreet
- · Dr. Samuel Broadstreet
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