Bain-Honaker House - Farmersville
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BAIN - HONAKER HOUSE
ANNA HICKS BAIN (1834 - 1906), WIDOW OF JOHN ALEXANDER BAIN, PURCHASED 6.75 ACRES OF LAND EAST OF THE TOWN SQUARE IN FARMERSVILLE IN 1865. SHE HAD THIS HOUSE BUILT THAT YEAR AND REARED HER FIVE DAUGHTERS HERE. AN ASTUTE BUSINESSWOMAN, ANNA BAIN DIVIDED HER PROP- ERTY INTO LOTS, BUILT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND SOLD SOME UNDEVELOPED LAND. IN 1881 SHE SOLD PROPERTY TO THE RED RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY. MRS. BAIN SUPPLEMENTED HER PROPERTY INVESTMENT INCOME BY PROVIDING ROOM AND BOARD HERE. IN A 1902 REMODELING OF THE HOUSE, THREE PEAKED GABLES AND A NARROW PORCH WERE REPLACED BY AN ASYMMETRICAL FACADE AND NEW PORCH AND THE NORTHEAST BEDROOMS WERE ENLARGED. LATER THE FRONT PORCH WAS REPLACED WITH A SMALLER ENTRY. ANNA BAIN’S DAUGHTERS MARY AND CATHERINE(CASSIE) MARRIED BROTHERS, HENRY DICKENSON HONAKER AND ANDREW JACKSON HONAKER. CASSIE BAIN HONAKER LIVED HERE WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS IN MEDICAL SCHOOL. SHE REMAINED HERE AFTER HIS DEATH AND HER SECOND MARRIAGE TO JAMES JONES, UNTIL HER OWN DEATH IN 1928. FIVE GENERATIONS OF THE BAIN-HONAKER FAMILY LIVED IN THIS HOUSE. A HONAKER FAMILY DESCENDANT DONATED THE HOUSE TO THE FARMERSVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1989 Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 1996 |
Located at 108 College Street in Farmersville.
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