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WILSON CREEK HOUSE

Historical marker, 1979

WILSON CREEK HOUSE

IN 1901 W. W. WILSON (1859-1837),

AN EMPLOYEE OF THE COTTON BELT

RAILROAD SYSTEM, MOVED TO PLANO.

HE MARRIED ALICE BELL (d. 1845)

THE FOLLOWING YEAR. IN 1903 WILSON

HAD THIS HOME BUILT ON AVENUE K

IN PLANO. THE TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY

HOUSE FEATURES FISH SCALE SHINGLING

AND OTHER VICTORIAN DETAILS. THE

WILSONS AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN

OCCUPIED THIS HOME. AFTER THE

WILSONS DIED, THE STRUCTURE CHANGED

OWNERS SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL 1976

WHEN IT WAS MOVED TO HIS SITE.

Incised in base: RESTORATION BY MR. & MRS. ROBERT TITUS, 1976

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