| Marker Number |
2413 |
| Atlas Number |
5015002413 |
| Marker Title |
Haynie-Embrey House |
| Index Entry |
Haynie-Embrey House |
| Address |
|
| City |
Nelsonville |
| County |
Austin |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
744964 |
| UTM Northing |
3322936 |
| Subject Codes |
houses, residential buildings; law, lawyers |
| Marker Year |
1978 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
from Nelsonville, take FM 2502 northwest about 4.3 miles to J-Farms, go south about 5 miles to house |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
In 1887 Nellie Brophy Haynie (1860-1937) a widow with one son Robert (1880-1955), married Confederate Army veteran John T. Embrey (d. 1918). They built this frame Victorian house in Brenham in 1899-1900. Here they raised a family of five children. Robert Haynie and his half brother Wilford J. Embrey (1889-1975) attended law school at the University of Texas. Haynie became a prominent attorney in Abilene and a leader in the West Texas Chamber of Commerce. Embrey was Brenham city attorney for 50 years and a school board member for over 30 years. The Embrey home was moved to this site in 1975. (1978) |
