Carpenter Log Home

Historical marker location:

Buda, Texas

( from Buda take RR 967 west approx 4 miles to private gate entrance (cabin on private property))

Marker installed: 1977

Cyrus Milton Carpenter (1841-1922) migrated to Hays County in 1854. He became a Methodist minister at age 20 and traveled the state as a circuit rider. In 1865 he built a one-and-a-half story house of hewn cedar logs. Here he brought his bride Charlotte Clayton (1850-1939) after their marriage in 1866, and here they raised their 9 children. A board and batten addition was erected in 1898. The Rev. Carpenter operated a newspaper, the "Buda Star," from 1909 to 1917.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1977.

cabins, log houses houses residential buildings Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination religious leaders