Styled Decor

ID: 999 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
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Styled Decor

Although this well functioned simply as a decorative feature on the exterior of the home, the castle received its water from the local artesian wells which supplied the entire Castle Heights neighborhood.

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By Amanda Sawyer
Near the turn of the twentieth century, a booming cotton industry was quickly establishing Waco as one of the major urban centers of the South, encouraging many residents to more readily invest and spend their money locally. In 1890, local stone…