Marker Inscription
This home was built in 1900 by Albert Leroy "Roy" Sawyer (d. 1958) for his bride, Estella Marshall Sawyer (1882-1964). Sawyer was an investor in land, cotton gins, and local utilities. Mrs. Sawyer, known to her neighbors as "Miss Stella," came to Texas with her family from Mississippi. the large one-story frame residence features an extended front side bay, front boxed bay window, side bay window, and a wraparound porch with paired pillars on brick pedestals. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1987
About this site
Sawyer House, the is a historical marker in Livingston, Polk County, dedicated in 1987. It is one of 50 historical markers documented in Polk County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 138 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.7095, -94.9400 near Livingston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Polk Co. Memorial Museum (museum), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Locomotive No. 5, Early Indian Trails, and Trinity Lodge No. 14, A.F. & A.M..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5373010422. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
