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Completed in 1896 for banker and civic leader H.W. Trippet (b.1853), this residence was later sold to Walter E. Shive (b.1873), who owned a successful Waxahachie seed, grain, and coal store. Exhibiting influences of the Queen Anne and Shingle styles of architecture, the Trippet-Shive house is indicative of the houses built in this neighborhood at the turn of the century. Interesting features include the cedar fish-scale shingles, wraparound porch, and octagonal tower.
Trippet-Shive House is a historical marker in Waxahachie, Ellis County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 115 historical markers documented in Ellis County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 296 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.3985, -96.8620 near Waxahachie. The nearest cataloged historic site is Templeton, Judge M. B., House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Sims, O. B., House, Alderdice, J. M., House, and Dunlap - Simpson House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5139007078. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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