Permelia Haynie Home
Chappell Hill, Washington County, Texas
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Victorian house built on land deeded Permelia Haynie (Mrs. John Haynie) by sister and her husband. Framework is of hand-hewn cedar with square nails and wooden pegs. After 1900 storm and later, bay window, kitchen, and other rooms were added.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This Victorian home in Chappell Hill was built on land deeded to Permelia Haynie by her sister and brother-in-law, its frame joined from hand-hewn cedar with square nails and wooden pegs in the craftsmanship of 19th-century Texas. Weathering the storms of the early 1900s, the house grew over time with a bay window, kitchen, and added rooms. It stands as a modest record of family life in one of Washington County's oldest communities.
Why it matters
Homes like this preserve the everyday texture of frontier-era Texas settlement and the women whose names anchored family property and memory.
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