Moores-Burke-Ragland Home
Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This residence was erected in 1895 for Rachel Perry Godbold Moores (1830-1904). Her husband David (1827-1892) was a member of the pioneer Moores family. Henry Koerner designed the Neo-Classical house with decorative fish scale shingling. The interior has elegant parquet flooring. Robert Emmett Burke bought the house in 1904. It was occupied from 1920 to 1965 by the S. M. Ragland family. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1978
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built in 1895 for Rachel Perry Godbold Moores, widow of a member of Texarkana's pioneer Moores family, this Neo-Classical residence was designed by architect Henry Koerner with fish-scale shingling and elegant parquet floors. It passed to Robert Emmett Burke in 1904 and later housed the Ragland family for nearly half a century. The house stands as a showpiece of a booming late-19th-century railroad town on the Texas-Arkansas line.
Why it matters
Grand family homes like this trace the rise of a Gilded Age Texas town and the families whose fortunes shaped it.
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Related people
- · Rachel Perry Godbold Moores
- · David Moores
- · Henry Koerner
- · Robert Emmett Burke
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