Historical Marker
M. Kangerga House
Historical marker location:
501 N. High St., Henderson, Texas
( [NOTE: Mile (later Michael) Kangerga was born in Otocac, Croatia])
Marker installed: 1969
Built 1901 by Michael Kangerga (1873-1962), a native of Croatia, Austria-Hungary, who settled in Henderson in 1887 and with his brother Rade Kangerga founded M. Kangerga & Bro., a mercantile and financial institution, 1895. In 1896 he married Lillian (1875-1951), daughter of Joseph S. and Ronda Tatum Gladney. He was a volunteer U. S. weather observer for 50 years (winning the John Campanius Holm Award) before he died in Henderson at age 89.
House is an excellent example of turn-of-the-century design, virtually unaltered. George F. Barber & Co., Knoxville, Tennessee, architects.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1969.