Old Kirkpatrick Home

Historical marker location:

1008 FM 151, Whitewright, Texas

( from Whitewright take FM 151 east .5 miles)

Marker installed: 1967

Victorian architecture. Built 1899 by family of Rev. W. A. Kirkpatrick. Still has original cypress roof, bois d'Arc foundation, some of first furnishings.

Center, social life old Grayson College, and Presbyterian community.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL) - 1967.

houses residential buildings

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.