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In 1845 Roderick Rawlins the elder settled this area. His son Roderick A. Rawlins (1833 - 1910) married his teacher, Virginia Bledsoe, daughter of the founder of Lancaster. They started this house in 1855. After serving as a Confederate officer during the Civil War (1861-65), Capt. Rawlins rebuilt his home in the popular Greek Revival style. It stood halfway between Waxahachie and Dallas. Travelers obtained water and sometimes camped at its well. RTHL - 1964
Rawlins Homestead is a historical marker in Lancaster, Dallas County, dedicated in 1964. It is one of 352 historical markers documented in Dallas County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 574 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.5805, -96.7558 near Lancaster. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rawlins, Capt. R. A., House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Edgewood Cemetery, Lancaster Education, and Strain, W. A., Home.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5113006833. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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