Malone-Manuel House
Lampasas, Lampasas County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Malone-Manuel House. Frank R. Malone came to Lampasas in the early 1880s as the city became a commercial center and resort town. In 1885, as a cashier for First National Bank, he proposed and helped found the Texas Bankers Association, which held its first meeting that year in Lampasas. Around that time, he and his five Ann built this home. In 1888, the Malones sold the property to Wm. Ginnuth and moved to Dallas. Local businessman and civic leader John N. Manuel purchased the home in 1891. The Manuel family owned the property until 1972. The house’s Queen Anne features are unusual and include an octagonal tower with projecting wings, as well as crestline detailing, dentils and hood moldings. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2005
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Frank Malone arrived in Lampasas in the early 1880s, when the spa town was booming as a commercial center and resort, and as a bank cashier he helped found the Texas Bankers Association, which first met there in 1885. Around that time he built this Queen Anne home, with its unusual octagonal tower and richly detailed woodwork. After the Malones moved on, civic leader John Manuel bought the house in 1891, and his family held it for more than eighty years.
Why it matters
The house ties a small Central Texas resort town to the rise of organized banking in the state, a reminder that Gilded Age financial institutions took root in places far from the big cities.
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Related people
- · Frank R. Malone
- · John N. Manuel
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