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Architecture
Historic Place
House at 708 East Brown
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About this site
House at 708 East Brown is a historic place in Ennis, Ellis County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 103 historic places documented in Ellis County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 300 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.3306, -96.6195 near Ennis. The nearest cataloged historic site is House at 802 East Ennis (Gone) (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include House at 404 East Crockett (Gone?), Brooks Family Cemetery, and Southern Pacific Railroad in Ennis.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2086002368. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The House at 708 East Brown is a contributing property in the Historic Resources of Ennis Multiple Resource Area, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It reflects the residential architecture Ennis built up during its cotton-and-railroad boom, a period the National Park Service recognized in 1986 when it listed dozens of the town's historic homes and commercial buildings.
Sources: atlas.thc.texas.goven.wikipedia.orgatlas.thc.texas.gov
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