Historical Marker
W. E. Henderson Home
Historical marker location:
Terrell, Texas
( from the intersection of US 80 and FM 429 on the eastern edge of Terrell, take FM 429 NE about 5 1/2 miles to home on W side of road)
Marker installed: 1970
Built 1898 by William Ebenezer Henderson (1847-1944), who moved from Louisiana to Texas (1862) in an ox-drawn barouche. Going to work at 19 for a cattleman, he became in time a prosperous commission dealer-- shipping cattle to St. Louis, where he bought the fine mantels and tile for this house.
Structure is of select heart pine from the big timber of the Beaumont area. Rooms are large and lofty, with 12-foot ceilings.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970.