Historical MarkerTannahill Homestead
Fort Worth · Tarrant County · Dedicated 1979 · THC Atlas #5439005193
The roadside stories worth pulling over for.
Marker Inscription
In 1853 Scottish-born Robert Watt Tannahill (1821-1885) and his wife Mary Catherine (Smallwood) came here from Mississippi. In 1856 Tannahill patented this 320-acre tract on the Fort Worth-Azle Road. He used rocks from a nearby creek bank to construct this house in 1874. He served as a Tarrant County Judge and used the front room of this home for a Post Office from 1878 to 1885. This was also a stagecoach station for the first stop west of Fort Worth. The house was sold in 1894 to early pioneer William Thomas Tinsley (1858-1909) and in 1945 to Mrs. Verna Burns Stubbs. (1979)
About this site
Tannahill Homestead is a historical marker in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, dedicated in 1979. It is one of 354 historical markers documented in Tarrant County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 458 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.7773, -97.4896 near Fort Worth. The nearest cataloged historic site is Eldred W. Foster House (historic place), about 1.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Redford Place, Isbell, and Tannahill.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5439005193. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
