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HEARD - CRAIG HOUSE Historical marker, 1975. HEARD - CRAIG HOUSE DESIGNED BY NOTED ARCHITECT, J. E. FLANDERS OF DALLAS, THIS HOME WAS BUILT IN 1900 FOR STEPHEN I. HEARD (1847-1926), A PROMINANT MERCHANT AND BUSINESS LEADER, AND HIS WIFE, LILLIE SNAPP HEARD. THEIR DAUGHTER, KATHRYN (MRS. THOMAS) CRAIG, IN- HERITED THE STRUCTURE IN 1932 AND OCCUPIED IT UNTIL HER DEATH IN 1970. SHE LEFT THE PROPERTY TO THE HEARD- CRAIG WOMAN'S CLUB TRUST FOR USE AS A CLUB HOUSE. THE HOUSE WAS RE- STORED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ORIGINAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
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