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George Washington Baines House

1866 establishments in TexasHouses completed in 1866Houses in Bell County, TexasHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in TexasNational Register of Historic Places in Bell County, Texas
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The George Washington Baines House is located in the city of Salado, Bell County, Texas. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1981.George Washington Baines was the father of Joseph Wilson Baines, who was the father of Rebekah Baines, mother of Lyndon B. Johnson. A Baptist minister, Rev. Baines had been president of Baylor University, and traveled for the Baptist State Convention when he built this house around 1866. The Greek Revival style house is a frame one-and-one-half-story structure. The front of the house features a double-door transomed entrance. The porch is supported by square columns. Baines lived in this house from 1870 to 1882. Reverend Baines, his second wife Cynthia, daughter Anna Melissa, and son Taliaferro (Tollie) lived at the home.The Baines House Bed, Breakfast & Beyond Inn formerly operated at the property. It described the home as an "original Greek revival, Texas dogtrot style home with [a] salt box roof".

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