Waverly

Historical marker location:

Chappell Hill, Texas

( On FM 2447, E of downtown Chappell Hill.)

Marker installed: 1967

(1850) Antebellum home built by William Leigh Tunstall, a practicing physician 1850-54. Also home of Col. William M. Sledge 1854-60. Sledge built railroad to Chappell Hill and mortgaged his cotton crop 1856 to build bridge over Brazos. Greek Revival architecture; arched cornices; hand hewn cedar sills; native stone.

houses residential buildings Greek Revival (architectural style)