Historical Marker

Lowell Smith Home

Historical marker location:
FM 916, Rio Vista, Texas
( from Rio Vista, take FM 916 west 1 mile; private property)
Marker installed: 1965

Of pine and poplar lumber and other materials from an 1850 house acquired by John Wesley Smith, Civil War veteran and banker who came to Johnson County in 1868. Built this home 1887. Used square iron nails.