Details for Youens-Hopkins House
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5089005929
Data
| Marker Number | 5929 |
| Atlas Number | 5089005929 |
| Marker Title | Youens-Hopkins House |
| Index Entry | Youens-Hopkins House |
| Address | 617 Milam Street |
| City | Columbus |
| County | Colorado |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 737802 |
| UTM Northing | 3289405 |
| Subject Codes | banks, bankers, banking topics; houses, residential buildings |
| Marker Year | 1973 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | 617 Milam St., Columbus |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
| Marker Text | An 1860s frontier cottage of cypress and pine, with locally made bricks in foundations. At first owned by James Hodges; bought 1875 by James H. Simpson, county's first banker; then sold in 1896 to Charles J. G. Leesemann, 1904-08 Colorado County clerk. The 1915 purchasers, Dr. Willis G. and Mrs. Fay Burford Youens, had two sons, one grandson physicians in this county; house, owned by James G. and Mary Youens Hopkins, remains in Dr. Youens' family. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1973 |