B. B. Goodrich House, New York Row, Anderson, Grimes County, TX
Summary
1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
Significance: The Goodrich House was constructed in 1850 by Dr. Benjamin Briggs Goodrich, a medical doctor from Virginia. A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836, Goodrich also served as a corporal in a company of Hood's Texas Brigade and was a member of the Dickson Rangers. He and his wife Serena shared the Goodrich homes with their nine children. The house is in a Palladian Greek Revival style and is one of three such residences constructed on New York Row in the mid-1800s...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N196
Survey number: HABS TX-3403
Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Goodrich, Benjamin Briggs
Gournay, Christian
Hansen, Christine
Ochsner, Vaughn
LaPoint, Sylvia
West, Virginia
Woodcock, David G, faculty sponsor
Texas A&M University, College of Architecture, sponsor
Location
Anderson, 30.48770, -95.99245
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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