Historical Marker

Earle-Napier-Kinnard House

Historical marker location:
Waco, Texas
( 814 S. 4th (at corner of 4th & I-35), Waco)
Marker installed: 1969

Original two rooms were built in 1850's by John Baylis Earle. He married Emma C. Nelson; their children--J.B., JR., Henry S., Nelson, Anne--were born here. Earle manufactured Confederate uniforms in mill built in 1861. Main house was built in 1868 by J.S. Napier and wife Mary, who with seven children moved here from Alabama. The Rev. D.C. Kinnard married Sarah Napier; Mary, the Kinnards' daughter, lived here until her death, 1957.