Sad to say, but none of the names people wanted me to listen for were involved with the houses Hubert Bender talked about yesterday. However, it was a fascinating program! He talked about 11 of Marshall's historic homes (there are lots more!) - the tape recorder was not in evidence yesterday, but the group was very receptive to making available transcripts of programs. I think this will be done for yesterday's program, and I'll let you know if and when it's available. In the meantime, what follows is a brief summary of the homes and people we heard about. This is just from my notes, and I'm sure I missed some details. I just hope I got all the right names with the right houses! Some of these houses - and more! - are featured at the Center for East Texas Studies site http://www.cets.sfasu.edu/Harrison/ Follow the Lale Trail. 1. The Allen House, built by Rev.Montague Allen, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, between 1876 and 1879, now owned by the Historical Society. Rev. Allen and his sons did much of the carpentry and masonry work on the house. 2. The Arnot House, built by Albert Arnot, 1848, now a law office. Mr. Arnot was a blacksmith, who left his family in 1850, to look for gold in CA. He and his wife, Lucinda, later divorced. 3. The Fry-Barry Home, built by W. A. DeWard (?), between 1853-1860, sold to Wm T. Womack, 1863, and then to Edward James Fry, 1875. The brick work in this house was done by Dick Lane and Green Hill, slaves who were renowned for their masonry - true artisans and craftsmen, who also laid the brick for the 1st Methodist Church. It is now privately owned. 4. The Haggerty House, built by ? Haggerty, and the first in the city to be electrically wired, now a private residence. 5. The Hochwald House, built by Ike Hochwald, who married Amelia Rafael, compl. 1895, now privately owned. Hochwald, b. 1865 in St. Louis, came to Marshall, from an orphanage in New Orleans, as a ward of one of the Kahn brothers. At one time there was a fabulous doll musuem in the house, and there used to be a turntable in the garage, so that the driver did not have to back the car out. 6. Magnolia Hall, built 1866 (or earlier perhaps), by John H. Lee, as a wedding gift for his daughter. The most recent owner of the house died recently, and it is for sale. 7. The Starr Home, built 1870, by James Frank Starr, whose father was James Harper Starr, now a Texas State Park, open for tours. 8. Mimosa Hall, reputed to be the oldest brick structure in Harrison County, built by Webster, who was from AL. He began construction in 1840, but stopped to build a house for C. K. Andrews. The Andrews house is today better known as the home of T. J. Taylor, father of Lady Bird Johnson. Mimosa Hall was in the Blocker family until more recent years and is now privately owned. 9. The Pattillo House, built either in 1846, by W.M. Pattillo, 1856, by Trenton Alexander Pattillo, or in 1866. It was bought by W. P. Lane for his daughter Paye Lane. Trenton Pattillo was the first elected county judge of Harrison County, and the founder of the Texas Republican newspaper. 10. The Turner Cottage, built by Georg Gregg, 1854. It used to face Crockett St., but was moved, so that it now faces S. Washington. In 1866, James Turner won the house in a poker game (on a Sunday morning, when he was on his way to church!) Mr. Turner was married to Eudora Knox, who was related to both Pres. Polk and Pres. Adams. It is now privately owned. 11. The Wigfall House, built by Dr. Jefferson M. Saunders. Louis Wigfall, a passionate states-righter/secessionist, and avowed enemy of Sam Houston, lived there. Wigfall is described as an 'unreconstructed rebel', who got in trouble with just about everyone he ever came in contact with, including Jefferson Davis!