Historical Marker
Waggoner-Hicks House
Historical marker location:
2760 Paradise St., Vernon, Texas
( 2760 Paradise St., Vernon)
Marker installed: 1988
Spottswood Lomax, a founder of the noted Matador and Espuela (Spur) ranches of Texas, built a Queen Anne house here in 1890. It was remodeled in the colonial revival style around the turn of the century by the prominent cattleman W. T. "Tom" Waggoner, who deeded it to his son, local banker Guy Leslie Waggoner, in 1904. Three years later, Vernon farmer and oil investor E. P. Hicks purchased the property and it remained in his family until 1967.
(Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1988).