A House for Free

ID: 3183 ~ Source: Nance, H. Hart. Interviewed by Patricia Wallace, May 26, 1983, in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here. 
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When Nell Pape asked her lawyer Hart Nance whether she could purchase the Earle-Harrison House, which was slated for demolition, he gave her the house for free and helped her find a new location for it. The house was successfully moved from South Fourth Street to its current location on North Fifth Street.

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By Katie Chakmakjian
Relocated, dismantled, relocated again, and pieced back together, the Earle-Harrison House has endured more than most historic homes in Waco. Originally built in 1858 for Dr. Baylis Earle and his wife Eliza Harrison Earle, the structure is the only…