Historical Marker
Meriwether-Simons-Farquhar House
Historical marker location:
801 S Allen St, Edna, Texas
( 801 S. Allen ST., Edna)
Marker installed: 1968
Erected 1883-1884 by George Meriwether, landowner. Has square nails, pine walls and floors. The residence, in Spanish provincial style, was one of the first two-story homes built in Edna.
The original layout included a separate kitchen and servants' quarters. The 22-room house is still called "The Mott" because it is set among many live oaks.
Purchased 1907 by E. P. Simons; willed 1946 to his daughters.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1968.