Pleasant Grove
Built 1857 by settler from Kentucky, Jas. Shelby (Sheb) Williams, and wife Mary. Lumber was dressed on site. Sills and studs, hand-hewn of heart oak, where joined with bois d'arc pegs. Porch steps and heath are of native stone, quarried nearby Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966
33.5196° N, 95.6187° W
Where to Find It
FM 1184 abvout 1.5 mi. east of Howland
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi N Williams, Sheb, Home Howland
- 3 mi S Mount Joy Cemetery Cooper
- 3.1 mi S Leroy Nelson DeWitt, Pioneer Citizen Mount Joy
- 3.8 mi W Site of Shelton's Fort Roxton
- 5 mi N Campbell Cemetery Paris
- 5.3 mi S Thomas Wilson Stegall Lake Creek