A. H. Hill
HILL-ROBBERSON HOUSE
Historical marker application.
This parcel of land was part of the property owned by William Wheeler prior to 1873. He sold this and other land to the Houston & Texas Central Railroad for a token payment of $5, giving them the right-of-way for the railroad to come through ...Richardson. On October 16, 1886, A. H. Hill purchased Lot 1 Block 36 in a suit he had brought against the railroad.... on December 18, 1889, [he] sold the property ... to William Strait....Strait maintained possession of the property until 1902 when he sold the ... lots to Margaret A. Robberson, a woman of substantial means.... She never lived in the house but had bought it for her daughter, Virginia Bell Robberson. Virginia Bell was at that time a public school teacher, in her thirties, unmarried, and earning only a small salary....
Virginia Bell Robberson (1870-1940) known as Miss Belle, lived and taught school from the front room of the house for nearly forty years. She taught youngsters ranging from kindergarten through third grade their basics in reading and arithmetic as well as their social graces. In 1940, Miss Belle became ill and just before she died she transferred the title of the property to her sister, Fannie Keller....
Historical marker application.
This parcel of land was part of the property owned by William Wheeler prior to 1873. He sold this and other land to the Houston & Texas Central Railroad for a token payment of $5, giving them the right-of-way for the railroad to come through ...Richardson. On October 16, 1886, A. H. Hill purchased Lot 1 Block 36 in a suit he had brought against the railroad.... on December 18, 1889, [he] sold the property ... to William Strait....Strait maintained possession of the property until 1902 when he sold the ... lots to Margaret A. Robberson, a woman of substantial means.... She never lived in the house but had bought it for her daughter, Virginia Bell Robberson. Virginia Bell was at that time a public school teacher, in her thirties, unmarried, and earning only a small salary....
Virginia Bell Robberson (1870-1940) known as Miss Belle, lived and taught school from the front room of the house for nearly forty years. She taught youngsters ranging from kindergarten through third grade their basics in reading and arithmetic as well as their social graces. In 1940, Miss Belle became ill and just before she died she transferred the title of the property to her sister, Fannie Keller....
