Youens-Hopkins House

This 1860s frontier cottage was built of cypress and pine with locally made bricks in its foundations. It was first owned by James Hodges, bought in 1875 by James H. Simpson, the county's first banker, and then sold in 1896 to Charles J.G. Leesemann, who served as Colorado County Clerk from 1904 to 1908. In 1915, Dr. Willis G. Youens and his wife, Fay Burford Youens, purchased the house; they had two sons, and one grandson became a physician in this county. Owned by James G. and Mary Youens Hopkins, the house remains in the Dr. Youens family.

Columbus, Texas · United States