Bryant, William, Jr., House
S. Broad and Cooper, Cedar Hill, TXWilliam Bryant, Sr., came to Cedar Hill with his wife, two daughters, and son William Bryant, Jr., in 1868. In 1872 Bryant bought a 640-acre farm east of Cedar Hill. By 1890, the elder Bryant owned more than 2 1/2 square miles of farmland in southwestern Dallas County. His son married Sarah Louisa McCan in 1877, and they moved into their new home on the southwest edge of Cedar Hill in November of 1889. William Bryant, Jr., was a successful cattle rancher and owned a commercial building on the town square.
The house is architecturally significant as the last of two unaltered "I" houses in Dallas County. It is the only "I" house with external end chimneys and formal central hall. Its pavilion substituted for a full front porch makes it a unique example of its type.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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