Tenney, Levi, House
Pace Park Dr., Salado, TXBuilt as the home of the first president of Salado College, a good example of a modest Greek Revival residence exhibiting quality stonemasonry: Tenney was a well-educated man from New York state published author. Resided in Salado until 1865.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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Texas has been a major oil-producing state for over a century. The first big oil discovery in Texas was the Spindletop field near Beaumont in 1901, which set off a massive oil boom that transformed the state's economy and made Texas one of the wealthiest states in the country.