Dr. I. B. Nofsinger House
Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Kentucky native I. B. Nofsinger (1864 - 1938) came to Texas at the age of 20 and taught school before returning to his home state to study medicine. He was a doctor in McDade (8 mi. E) prior to moving his practice here. In 1906 he and his wife Mary (McWilliams) (d. 1934), a pharmacist, built this home, which remained in their family until 1978. Constructed of brick from a local kiln, it features Queen Anne detailing and a distinctive corner tower with a conical roof. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1982
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Kentucky native I. B. Nofsinger came to Texas at twenty, taught school, then returned home to study medicine before setting up practice as a country doctor, first in McDade and then in Elgin. In 1906 he and his wife Mary, a pharmacist, built this Queen Anne home of locally kilned brick, distinguished by a corner tower crowned with a conical roof. The house stayed in the family until 1978.
Why it matters
The home of a rural doctor and his pharmacist wife reflects the professional and architectural aspirations of small Texas towns at the turn of the twentieth century.
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Related people
- · I. B. Nofsinger
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