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Phillips House, 0.20 miles southwest of the intersection of Greathouse and Boz Roads, Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX

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Summary

Significance: The farmstead stands on a 1.64-acre parcel in the Joshua Willshire survey in western Ellis County. The house, a front-gabled Craftsman bungalow, and its associated outbuildings are some of the last remaining buildings of Boz, an agrarian community that once consisted of a small cluster of houses in this area.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1888

Survey number: HABS TX-3385

Building/structure dates: ca. 1936 Initial Construction

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farming farmhouses cotton industry bungalows craftsman architectural elements ellis county phillips house phillips house miles intersection greathouse boz boz roads waxahachie ellis texas historic american buildings survey jeffe phillips rufus phillips texas national research laboratory commission photo library of congress
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Date

1936
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Texas National Research Laboratory Commission, Owner
Phillips, Rufus, Owner
Phillips, Jeffe, Owner
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ellis county ,  32.38653, -96.84833
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

label_outline Explore Phillips House, Boz, Texas National Research Laboratory Commission

Scene in the cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage, near Waxahachie. These boys, from seven years old and upward, pick cotton, helping this man, outside of school hours., There are 20 children in the Orphanage, mostly girls, and it is supported by the Baptists of Texas. Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas

Operatives in Indianapolis Cotton Mill. Noon Hour. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Boz schottisch, op. 8 - Public domain American sheet music

Boz / Phiz., portrait print - Public domain portrait engraving

Fourteen year old spinner in Brazos Valley Cotton Mill at West. Violation of the law. Matty Lott runs six sides. See family group and their story. Location: West, Texas

Cone-winder - Said 17 years old. Indian Orchard Cotton Mill. Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Millie May Crews ? (in front of her father) 369 B Street. She has been working in the weave room for one year. Began at eleven years. Just reached twelve according to Family Record which says she was born November 12, 1901. These two girls and one who is sick work in the Merrimack Mill. Father is a carpenter. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama

14-year old spinner in Berkshire Cotton Mills. Location: Adams, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Howard Road Historic District, Sylvia L. Phillips House, 1009 Howard Road, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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