Historical Marker
Shaw House
Historical marker location:
Kemp Rd. off FM 51 S of Weatherford, Weatherford, Texas
( From Weatherford, take FM 51 about 9 miles south, turn west onto Kemp Road, marker is past locked gate on private property.)
Marker installed: 1982
Tennessee native Thomas J. Shaw (1819-1904), a farmer, rancher, and carpenter, migrated to Parker County in 1854. Two years later he built the original log room of the this house. He and his wife Louisa Ann (Long) (1827-1890) lived in the cabin for twenty years during which time eight of their thirteen children were born. In 1876 Shaw enlarged the cabin by adding the board and batten room. This double-pen structure served as the Shaw's residence until their deaths. Later used as a storage shed, the structure remained in the Shaw family until 1975.
(1982).