| Marker Number |
10313 |
| Atlas Number |
5209010313 |
| Marker Title |
Dr. Joseph M. Pound Homestead |
| Index Entry |
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| Address |
419-B Founders Park Road |
| City |
Dripping Springs |
| County |
Hays |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
588512 |
| UTM Northing |
3341230 |
| Subject Codes |
houses, residential buildings; cabins, log houses; Civil War; medical topics and health professionals |
| Marker Year |
1965 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
Yes |
| Marker Location |
The Pound House Farmstead |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
RTHL medallion and plate |
| Marker Text |
Pioneer settlers Dr. Joseph M. Pound and his wife Sarah Dunbiken Ward lived here and raised nine children. Two log pens made of rough-hewn cypress logs were built in 1854 with slave labor. Additions were added over time with clapboard and board-and-batten siding and square nail construction. The house featured four cut limestone fireplaces. Circuit riders stopped here and conducted Methodist worship services. The sick and wounded, rich or poor, came to this home as to a hospital. Dr. Pound, a U.S. Army private in the U.S. -Mexican War, was a confederate surgeon in the Civil War. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965 |
