Historical Marker

Atkinson-Morris House

Marker installed: 1972

Built about 1890 by Jethro D. Atkinson, bank director and owner of Paris' first shoe store. Bought 1910 by social leaders, Dr. Eugene Felder Morris and wife Elizabeth.

A fine example of Victorian style prevailing here before the great 1916 Paris fire.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1972.