Barker House

E. B. and Mary Harvey Barker bought this locally quarried limestone house in May 1873. The Barkers, who resided on a farm at Rice’s Crossing 20 miles east, lived here during the winter season so that their eight children could attend school in Round Rock. Their son Dudley became a noted Texas Ranger and returned to the house in 1940 to etch his birth date on an interior wall. As an intact example of a vernacular center-passage house, the dwelling remains a vivid reminder of pioneer architecture.

Round Rock, Texas · United States