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BARNES-LARGENT HOUSE

Excerpts from historical marker application. 1984
On January 31, 1881, T. T. Bradley sold one acre of land to W. B. Largent. The Largents had 4 sons and one daughter, Florence. Florence Largent married Joseph Wood Barnes, the son of Henry C. and Frances Kimbrough Barnes. Joe and Florence Barnes built this home on part of her father’s land. Here they reared their two children, Joseph Wood Jr. and Rosabell. Joe Barnes was a prosperous mule breeder and bought and sold the very finest mules of the time. Joe Barnes died August 5, 1924 following a tragic accident. While cranking his car it jumped in gear pinning him between the car and a tree in his yard. After his death, Florence Barnes sold the home to her brother, Dr. Ben F. Largent and his wife Leota.

Historical marker, 1984.

BARNES-LARGENT HOUSE
THIS HOME WAS BUILT ABOUT 1910
FOR JOE AND FLORENCE (LARGENT)
BARNES ON PART OF THE LAND
ACQUIRED BY HER FATHER, PROMINENT
McKINNEY MERCHANT W. B. LARGENT.
FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND
IN 1924, FLORENCE SOLD THE HOME TO
HER BROTHER, DR. BEN LARGENT (1886-1936),
AND HIS WIFE, LEOTA. THE FOURSQUARE
STYLE HOUSE, WHICH EXHIBITS INFLU-
ENCES OF THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL AND
BUNGALOW STYLES OF ARCHITECTURE,
REMAINED IN THE FAMILY UNTIL 1945

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