Historical Marker
L. P. Smith House
Historical marker location:
101 S Kaufman St., Mexia, Texas
( 101 S. Kaufmann St. Mexia)
Marker installed: 1967
Built 1876 by Mexia merchant and banker Lewis Philip Smith and his second wife, Mattie J. Beeson Smith. Home site cost $400 in gold in 1868. House has cedar shingle roof, cedar post foundations; 12-light windows; old fashioned weatherboard siding; 6-inch board floors. Square nails used in structure.
Smith, a Mason and Methodist, was a leader in the town; died at 39, in 1886. Six generations of the family have lived here.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967.
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