Historical Marker
Watt Caufield Ranch
Historical marker location:
Waco vicinity, Texas
( From Waco take US 84 W about 6 miles to Church Road, turn south on Church Road, proceed 2 miles to large iron gates on left, enter and drive up to house, marker is in front yard - PRIVATE PROPERTY.)
Marker installed: 1976
This two-story ranch house was erected about 1888 for Watt W. Caufield (1860-1935) and his wife, Kate McLennan Caufield (1861-1957), granddaughter of pioneer Neil McLennan, for whom McLennan County was named. Caufield's uncle, surveyor and contractor Watson Caufield, who came to Texas from Ireland, constructed the residence of lumber hauled from Houston. It was built near a spring and creek on land given to Caufield by his father, Henry J. Caufield, a prominent rancher. Later enlarged and remodeled, the structure is owned (1976) by Caufield descendants. (1976).