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Jenkins House (Bastrop, Texas)

Coordinates: 30°7′8″N 97°19′14″W / 30.11889°N 97.32056°W / 30.11889; -97.32056
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Jenkins House
Jenkins House in 2011
Jenkins House is located in Texas
Jenkins House
Jenkins House
Jenkins House is located in the United States
Jenkins House
Jenkins House
Location1710 Main St.,
Bastrop, Texas
Coordinates30°7′8″N 97°19′14″W / 30.11889°N 97.32056°W / 30.11889; -97.32056
Arealess than one acre
Built1830 (1830)
ArchitectEd & John Jenkins
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Symmetrical Victorian
MPSBastrop Historic and Architectural MRA
NRHP reference No.78003299[1]
RTHL No.9201
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1978
Designated RTHL1964

The Jenkins House is a historic home in Bastrop, Texas. It was built about 1836 for Sarah Jenkins. Her first husband was killed by Indians. Her second was killed at the Battle of the Alamo.

The Jenkins House started as a single-room log cabin and then was enlarged to a two-room log cabin with a "dog-trot" between rooms. A kitchen and dining "ell" was added in subsequent years, and finally, the dog-trot opening was enclosed as a hall, the house sided with clapboard, and a porch running the length of the building added to create its present Victorian appearance.[2] The house was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1964. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Bastrop Commercial District", Texas Historical Atlas. Retrieved Oct. 18, 2008.