Hough-Haven
Rocksprings, Edwards County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Built 1897 by Samuel A. and Annie Bradford Hough. (Hough was one of first graduates, Texas A & M) Home of attorneys, two county judges, district clerks. Scene of numerous social events. The Houghs still own the "Haven." Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1966.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built in 1897 by Samuel A. and Annie Bradford Hough, this Edwards County home—affectionately called "the Haven"—became a center of local civic and social life. Samuel Hough, one of the first graduates of Texas A&M, and the attorneys, county judges, and district clerks who lived here made the house a fixture of the young community of Rocksprings. Remarkably, the Hough family still owned the home when it was recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1966.
Why it matters
The Hough house shows how educated professionals helped organize and lead the newly settled towns of the Texas Hill Country in the closing years of the frontier era.
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Related people
- · Samuel A. Hough
- · Annie Bradford Hough
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