Historical Marker
Pleasant Grove
Historical marker location:
Howland, Texas
( FM 1184 abvout 1.5 mi. east of Howland)
Marker installed: 1966
Built 1857 by settler from Kentucky, Jas. Shelby (Sheb) Williams, and wife Mary.
Lumber was dressed on site. Sills and studs, hand-hewn of heart oak, where joined with bois d'arc pegs. Porch steps and heath are of native stone, quarried nearby
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966.