Marker Inscription
Education, Architecture
Historic Place
Tenney, Levi, House
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About this site
Tenney, Levi, House is a historic place in Salado, Bell County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 51 historic places documented in Bell County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 411 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.9471, -97.5357 near Salado. The nearest cataloged historic site is Barton House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Norton-Orgain House, Home of Wellborn Barton, and Dodd's Creek Bridge.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2083003086. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This modest one-story limestone house in Salado was built in 1860 by Levi Tenney, a Presbyterian pastor and the first president of Salado College. Constructed of dressed limestone blocks, it is a refined example of Greek Revival design with a symmetrical five-bay front, quoins, flat arches over six-over-six windows, and a flat-roofed portico on square columns. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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