The Fowler House, also known as the Allen-Fowler House is a historic, two-story, modified L-plan house built in 1852 in Bastrop, Texas,

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. The house was added to the

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on December 22, 1978, and was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 2008. The house was built by Professor

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of Aberdeen, Mississippi, in 1852 after he arrived in Bastrop to become headmaster at the

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, one of the leading schools in Texas at the time. The house was not only for his family and him, but also for student boarders. In 1857, Bastrop Academy became Bastrop Military Institute, which trained young men for service during the

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. Colonel Robert Thomas Pritchard Allen replaced Hancock as headmaster and Allen and his wife Julia moved into the house. They continued to board cadets who attended the institute.

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, a hero of the Texas Revolution, was a frequent guest of the Allens while his sons attended the institute. John Preston Fowler and Maud Maynard Fowler bought the property in 1876 and added

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detailing and a projecting

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to the structure. Fowler became

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of Bastrop, county attorney, and a Texas

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. MPS from NPS in 27 pages. Also availabl
from Texas
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from NARA
Includes photo from 1969. The current owner of the house is

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, who purchased the house in 2006.

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{{Bastrop County, Texas Houses in Bastrop County, Texas Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas National Register of Historic Places in Bastrop County, Texas Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks

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