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About 1899, Mary (Dwyer) Ross built this house on land she inherited from her father, Thomas Dwyer. Built of cypress, the Queen Anne style house features Victorian ornamentation in its open tower, a second level porch with horseshoe arches, and jigsawn friezes and brackets. Mary's daughter Matilda (Ross) Carroll inherited the house in 1941, and it remained in the family until 1970.
Ross-Carroll House is a historical marker in Brenham, Washington County, dedicated in 1992. It is one of 156 historical markers documented in Washington County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 368 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.1684, -96.3935 near Brenham. The nearest cataloged historic site is First Public High School in Brenham (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Brenham Fire Museum, US Post Office--Federal Building--Brenham, and St. Anthony Hotel.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5477008384. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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