Mathews-Powell House

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Mathews-Powell House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location: Miller St
Queen City, Texas
Built/Founded: 1878
Added to NRHP: September 22, 1977
NRHP Reference#: 77001431


The Mathews-Powell House is a Victorian house located in Queen City, Texas, United States. The house was dedicated as a Texas Historical Landmark in 1973 and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 22, 1977.

The house was built in 1878 by William Franklin Mathews (1840-1900) and his wife Harriet India Sharp. Mathews, a Confederate veteran and farmer, moved to Queen City when it was founded (1877) and became a successful merchant. Briefly owned by various people after 1895, the house was bought 1918 by Ross A. Powell (1883-1937) and wife Gussie Boyd (d. 1920). Like Mathews, Powell was a merchant. [1] The building remained with the Powell family for more than seventy years until it was sold in the 1990s. It now serves as the Antique Rose Bed & Breakfast.

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