Fraley-Garland House
Marshall, Harrison County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Designed in the American four-square style with colonial revival detailing, this home was built for Clinton Virgil Fraley in 1896. A Confederate soldier captured and held in Union prisons during the Civil War, Fraley moved from his native Kentucky to Marshall in 1866. Here he served as deputy sheriff, tax collector, and constable. Railroad worker Wiley E. Garland bought this home in 1907 and, with his wife, operated it as a boardinghouse for over 50 years. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1986
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built in 1896 in the American four-square style with colonial revival detailing, this Marshall home was raised for Clinton Virgil Fraley, a Kentucky-born Confederate soldier who had been captured and held in Union prisons during the Civil War. Fraley came to Marshall in 1866 and served the county as deputy sheriff, tax collector, and constable. In 1907 railroad worker Wiley E. Garland bought the house, and he and his wife ran it as a boardinghouse for more than fifty years.
Why it matters
The house links the aftermath of the Civil War to the railroad era in East Texas, showing how a former soldier and a working family successively made a home and a livelihood under one roof.
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Related people
- · Clinton Virgil Fraley
- · Wiley E. Garland
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