Historical Marker
Durham Ranch House
Historical marker location:
Hamilton, Texas
( from Hamilton, take 281 north 1/2 mile from Town Square, go east on FM 2905 5.9 miles, go south on CR 9/10 mile to house on east side of road with stone gate entrance)
Marker installed: 1962
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Built 1873 by John Jefferson Durham; 2-story rock, colonial residence.
J. J. Durham was first to teach school in Hamilton. Owned several thousand acres of land, fought in Civil War, was an early merchant of general merchandise,.