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Sparks Farmstead, 0.32 miles southwest of the intersection of Bearden and Old Maypearl Roads, Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX

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Sparks Farmstead, 0.32 miles southwest of the intersection of Bearden and Old Maypearl Roads, Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX

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Summary

Significance: The farmstead was the site of the Sparks family cotton farm for over nine decades. It is on an 80-acre tract in western Ellis County. The farmstead includes a cluster of buildings which together represent a successful, owner-occupied, family-run cotton farm in Ellis County
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1871
Survey number: HABS TX-3381
Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1915 Subsequent Work

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1915
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Texas National Research Laboratory Commission, Owner
Sparks, D. B., Owner
Sparks, M. P., Owner
Sparks, Millie, Owner
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Location

ellis county32.38653, -96.84833
Google Map of 32.3865312, -96.8483311
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