Hoggett Home
Junction, Kimble County, Texas
Marker Inscription
First two-story house in county. Built 1877-1879 on the caliche soil, with no foundation, by Civil War veteran B.F. Pepper, who led a wagon train of settlers to Texas from Missouri. Since 1905 in family of Dr. R.H.P. Wright. The girlhood home of Fay Wright, 1941-1947, First Lady of Texas, as wife of Governor Coke Stevenson. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built between 1877 and 1879 on caliche soil without a foundation, this was the first two-story house in Kimble County, raised by Civil War veteran B.F. Pepper, who had led a wagon train of settlers to Texas from Missouri. In the family of Dr. R.H.P. Wright since 1905, it was the girlhood home of Fay Wright, who as wife of Governor Coke Stevenson became First Lady of Texas in the 1940s.
Why it matters
From a pioneer's wagon-train homestead to the childhood home of a governor's wife, the house threads the full climb of a frontier county from raw settlement to a place in state affairs.
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Related people
- ¡ B.F. Pepper
- ¡ Fay Wright
- ¡ Coke Stevenson
- ¡ R.H.P. Wright
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