Genevieve Miller home in Hitchcock

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Genevieve Miller home in Hitchcock, Texas. Picture taken August 1980. It was built in 1918 in Freddiesville and was originally a Santa Fe Railway Company house. After changing of railway operations the house was offered for sale. Miss. Miller purchased the house, some time in the 1940's, and had it moved to Barry and 2nd st. Miss. Miller donated the land/house in 1979 and the Genevieve Miller Hitchcock Public Library was built in 1985. The house serves as a museum.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2006 and was provided by the Genevieve Miller Hitchcock Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 620 times, with 9 in the last month. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Genevieve Miller Hitchcock Public Library

The Genevieve Miller Hitchcock Public Library, located in the Galveston County town of Hitchcock, serves to educate, inform, entertain, and culturally enrich the community by providing library materials and information services. The library received a Rescuing Texas History grant to aid in the digitization of at-risk photographs and maps.

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Genevieve Miller home in Hitchcock, Texas. Picture taken August 1980. It was built in 1918 in Freddiesville and was originally a Santa Fe Railway Company house. After changing of railway operations the house was offered for sale. Miss. Miller purchased the house, some time in the 1940's, and had it moved to Barry and 2nd st. Miss. Miller donated the land/house in 1979 and the Genevieve Miller Hitchcock Public Library was built in 1985. The house serves as a museum.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2006

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  • Oct. 9, 2006, 7:42 p.m.

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  • Jan. 9, 2007, 3:31 p.m.

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Genevieve Miller home in Hitchcock, photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18539/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Genevieve Miller Hitchcock Public Library.

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