Atkins House

Irish native Sarah Hamilton Crouch and her husband, James Crouch, lived in Texas before the Civil War. After their divorce in 1868 she became a prominent businesswoman in Sulphur Springs. She married Joseph Atkins in 1873 and had this house built in the late 1870s. Believed to be the first brick structure in town, it was designed in a unique four-point configuration. The house remained on its original site on Atkins Street in downtown Sulphur Springs for over 100 years. Threatened with demolition in 1986, it was dismantled and moved to Heritage Park. (1991)

Atkins House is a historical marker in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, dedicated in 1991. It is one of 34 historical markers documented in Hopkins County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 75 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.1418, -95.5963 near Sulphur Springs. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hopkins Co. Historical Museum (museum), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Volunteer Fire Department and Fire Bell of 1889, Hopkins County Echo-Daily News-Telegram, and First United Methodist Church of Sulphur Springs.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5223007302. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.