Texas, Brazoria County, East Columbia
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This Greek revival house was built about 1847 by Dr. Mason Locke Weems II, the first of a succession of Weems family physicians to live here. The house features a center passage plan and raised cottage form. Details on the six-bay inset porch include square posts with molded caps and turned-wood balusters. To avoid Brazos River floods, the house was moved to its present location about 1869 and later enlarged and remodeled.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1962
(addition)
Entered in the National Register of Historic Places 1991
(Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
This Greek revival house was built about 1847 by Dr. Mason Locke Weems II, the first of a succession of Weems family physicians to live here. The house features a center passage plan and raised cottage form. Details on the six-bay inset porch include square posts with molded caps and turned-wood balusters. To avoid Brazos River floods, the house was moved to its present location about 1869 and later enlarged and remodeled.Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1962
(addition)
Entered in the National Register of Historic Places 1991
(Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.