Thrash-Landers-Hiner House
Granbury, Hood County, Texas
Marker Inscription
North Carolina native Patrick H. Thrash (1832-1921) moved his family to this area in 1872. Thrash, Granbury's first mayor, built a one story frame home here about 1880. Downtown saloon owner George W. Landers purchased the property in 1899, then sold it to district attorney John J. Hiner in 1903. Hiner's brother, Hood county sheriff Thomas H. Hiner, acquired the property in 1915. This Queen Anne style frame house was enlarged to its current appearance between 1905 and 1910.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
North Carolina native Patrick H. Thrash brought his family to the Granbury area in 1872 and became the town's first mayor, building a modest one-story frame home here around 1880. Over the following decades the house passed through the hands of a saloon owner, a district attorney, and the county sheriff, and was enlarged into the Queen Anne–style residence seen today. Its changing ownership reads like a roster of Granbury's early civic and business life.
Why it matters
Homes like this trace the arc of a young Texas town's growth, showing how frontier settlers became the founding officeholders and merchants who gave a community its shape.
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Related people
- · Patrick H. Thrash
- · George W. Landers
- · John J. Hiner
- · Thomas H. Hiner
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