Salado Historic Sites 1

   Built in 1866 by Dr. Welborn Barton this two-story native stone house for his wife Louisa and ten children. He and his wife ran a busy medical practice from the house. It was on 22 acres of land purchased from E.S.C.Robertson for $50. After Barton’s death in 1883, Louisa provided room and board for students to supplement her income.  She died in 1920. The house consists of two full floors and a cellar, constructed into a hillside. It is now a fine restaurant. ( RTHL , NRHP)

   The Maj. A. J. Rose House was built in 1870. The home is made of wood-frame with an ell-shaped plan in the Greek Revival style. Maj. Rose built this house for his wife Sarah and their eleven children. The house was built on a large amount of land at the east end of Salado. It remained in the Rose family well into the 1960s. He died in 1903 and his wife in 1900.  ( RTHL, NRHP )

    The Anderson House, built in 1860 on eight acres, four of which still remain with the house. The home is in the Greek Revival style even though some of the design details and proportions are not typically those of the Greek Revival style as seen in Texas. James Anderson built the house for his wife Elizabeth and fourteen children. The first sale of the house was in 1864 for the sum of $2,000 Confederate notes. Adjacent to the house is a native limestone building also built in 1860. It has had many uses in the past including only saloon.  ( RTHL , NRHP )

  The George Washington Baines House was built in 1867 when he came to Salado to be the Baptist pastor. His second wife, Cynthia, daughter Annie Melisa and son, Taliaferro lived with Rev. Baines. He died in Belton in 1882 and is buried in the Salado cemetery. The house represents an original construction in the Greek Revival mode with some characteristics of Victorian architecture due to later modification in the 19thcentury. The property has been restored to its middle 19th-century condition and served as one of the bed-and-breakfast buildings. (RTHL , NRHP)  

 The White-Aiken House shows a continuation of adapting to meet changing needs. The structure was built as a rural farmhouse in 1910, and then moved to its present location on a rise just north of town,in 1918. With a simple ell plan originally, the house has been considerably modified. A second floor was added at the new location. The house is a good example of an early 20th-century farmhouse, and is the only one of this kind found in Salado. (NRHP)

  The Capt. Halley House was built ca.1860, for his wife and eight children. It is built of  wood-frame construction and exhibits Greek Revival symmetry and proportions. As of this writing it is undergoing restoration. ( RTHL, NRHP)

   The Barbee-Berry Mercantile Building, built around 1870 housed one of the earliest mercantile businesses and commercial buildings that remain from Salado's earliest years.  It is two stories and exhibits fine masonry craftsmanship in its construction. Though the building has been adapted for continued use, it remains an intact example of 19th-century commercial architecture. In the Salado Creek flood of 1921, the store was flooded with five feet of water, washing away all the merchandise. (NRHP)

    The Tyler House, built in 1857 is located on Main Street across from the Anderson House. When built it was used as a boarding house. It is in the Greek Revival style in its overall form and facade. Judge Orville T. Tyler, wife Caroline, three sons and two daughters moved to this house in 1864 so their children could attend Salado College. This was their home for 20 years. The originally detached kitchen was later joined to the main structure around 1935. Its original floor plan was restored.  (RTHL, NRHP)

  The Levi Tenney House, was built in 1860 by the first president of Salado College. It is one story and is quite modest in size. Nevertheless, it is a fine example of the Greek Revival style of symmetry and proportions. It has been added on in the back. The family lived in the house for about a year before Levi was released from his position at the college. (NRHP)

 The Vickrey House was built in 1885 by Grainville N. Vickrey for his family. He was a prominent merchant, builder, cattleman. He owned a grocery store and several farms in the area. The house is an example of Second Empire construction. This Victorian style was less common in Texas, and it is unusual to find a Mansard roof on this small, ell-plan house. This is the only example of Victorian architecture in Salado. ( NRHP) 

   Built in 1872, by Edward R.A. Buckles, he resided in the house one year before selling it in 1873 to Col. Nimrod Norton and wife Mary. Col. Nimrod and partners donated pink granite for the exterior of the state capitol. He in turn, sold the house in 1882 to John and Kate Alma Orgain who were both prominent educators at Salado College and Thomas Arnold H.S.  (RTHL, SHSL)

The Fowler House is located on the northern fringes of Salado. Josiah Fowler built it in 1872. It is in the Greek Revival style with its symmetry and proportions in the two-story front. The existing single-story portico with pediment suggest that it is not original, but had an earlier portico where the present one is located.  Mr. Fowler was an educator who coauthored a widely used textbook titled “Fowler’s Arithmetic.” (RTHL ,NRHP)

   The Fowler House is located on the northern fringes of Salado. Josiah Fowler built it in 1872. It is in the Greek Revival style with its symmetry and proportions in the two-story front. The existing single-story portico with pediment suggest that it is not original, but had an earlier portico where the present one is located.  Mr. Fowler was an educator who coauthored a widely used textbook titled “Fowler’s Arithmetic.” (RTHL ,NRHP)