P. B. Maxey Home
Corrigan, Polk County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Built early 1860s on a 160-acre tract by P. B. Maxey, farmer and rancher. Constructed of pine logs, using pegs, square nails, and hand-riven shingles, house had two rooms and a kitchen. Remodeled 1947, the home is still in Maxey family. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1968
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
In the early 1860s farmer and rancher P.B. Maxey built a sturdy two-room home with a kitchen on a 160-acre tract, using pine logs, wooden pegs, square nails, and hand-riven shingles. Remodeled in 1947, the house has stayed in the Maxey family for generations. It survives as a well-crafted example of the log dwellings that sheltered East Texas homesteaders.
Why it matters
It preserves the hand-hewn craftsmanship and stubborn permanence of a frontier family homestead in the Texas piney woods.
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