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E.D.L. Tims built this home when he came to Mansfield in the 1870s on Church Street (now Walnut Creek Drive) east of the school grounds (now the Mansfield ISD Administration Building). The house was next occupied by the Clark family, then the Bowerman family. J.C. and Bettie (Ragland) Talley bought the house from the Bowermans in 1915 and had it remodeled by contractor Ward Bratton. H.P. Spears bought the house in 1931, tore it down and built another house in its place from the lumber.
To learn more about Mansfield history, check out the Mansfield Historical Museum, 102 N. Main St., open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free. For more info, call 817-473-4250, emailmuseum@mansfieldtexas.gov or go to mansfieldhistory.org.
Photo courtesy of the Mansfield Historical Society.
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