Old Huling Mansion

Historical marker location:

FM 580, Lampasas, Texas

( from Lampasas, take FM 580 west about 2.5 miles (south side of road), private ranch (MARKER REPORTED MISSING 6/23/2009))

Marker installed: 1966

Later the "Snap" Bean Ranch House. Built 1855 with slave labor, of native stone and cedar.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1966.

houses residential buildings African American

The first oil well in the United States was drilled in Texas in 1859. The discovery of oil transformed the economy of the state and helped to make Texas one of the wealthiest states in the nation.