Sparks Farmstead, 0.32 miles southwest of the intersection of Bearden and Old Maypearl Roads, Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX
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
Tags
Date
1915
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Texas National Research Laboratory Commission, Owner
Sparks, D. B., Owner
Sparks, M. P., Owner
Sparks, Millie, Owner
Location
ellis county, 32.38653, -96.84833
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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