Trinity, TX, United States
I. N. Parker House. Built about 1888, this was the home of local merchant Isaac Newton Parker (1841-1918) and his family. Parker, a Confederate Civil War veteran, and his first wife, Mary C. Ashley (d. 1905) reared eight children here. After Mary's death Parker married Lou Palmer, who lived in the h
ouse until her death in 1955. According to family history, Parker changed the original Victorian appearance of the house to a simpler classical style about 1911. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 199
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