Dr. Bronaugh-Hasdorff Home
Edna, Jackson County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Built, 1866, in Texana by practicing physician, J. M. Bronaugh. Of Florida heart pine, square nails. Moved to Edna in 1883. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Dr. J. M. Bronaugh, a practicing physician, built this home in 1866 in the town of Texana, framing it from Florida heart pine held together with square nails. When the railroad bypassed Texana in the 1880s, the house was moved to the rising town of Edna in 1883—a common fate for buildings in a frontier region reshaped by the rails. It survives as a tangible link to the earliest Anglo settlement of Jackson County.
Why it matters
Relocated buildings like this one trace the restless mobility of frontier Texas, where entire communities followed the coming of the railroads.
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