The Mulkey-Loggins House
Midlothian, Ellis County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This property was part of a tract settled in 1854 by pioneer Philip A. Mulkey (d. 1862). Ennis was founded in 1871, when the Houston & Texas Central Railroad reached this point. Mulkey's son James (1859-1903), a prosperous cattleman, included this site in the Highland addition, a neighborhood that he developed after Ennis became the railroad's divisional headquarters in 1891. Dr. James C. Loggins (1845-1921), mayor and city alderman, erected this Victorian residence in 1898. It was purchased in 1944 by Keith Mulkey, James Mulkey's grandson, and his wife Tina Beth (Wheeler). (1978)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
The land here was settled in 1854 by pioneer Philip A. Mulkey, but the neighborhood took shape only after the Houston & Texas Central Railroad reached the area and made Ennis its divisional headquarters in 1891. His son James, a prosperous cattleman, platted the Highland addition, and in 1898 Dr. James C. Loggins — a mayor and alderman — built this Victorian residence, later returned to Mulkey descendants in 1944.
Why it matters
The house traces how a Texas railroad town grew from raw prairie settlement into a Gilded Age community, with the railroad's arrival driving the very neighborhood it stands in.
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Related people
- · Philip A. Mulkey
- · James Mulkey
- · James C. Loggins
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