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architecture, was built 1878–1880 by Harrison Moores Whitaker, a local attorney. The two-story cypress and pine house was constructed on a brick foundation. The first floor consists of the main foyer and living room, one bedroom and bath, plus the kitchen and dining room. Four more bedrooms and two
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baths are on the second floor. In 1910, ionic columns were added to support the portico. Also added in 1910 was a second-story bedroom with its own separate bathroom, and fronted by a porch. The two-acre parcel of land it sits on once belonged to
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and rented out the house. The house was purchased in 1907 by Anne and Sidney Smith McClendon, the sister and brother-in-law of Mattie Whitaker. White House correspondent
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was born in this house in 1910, the youngest of nine children born to Sidney and Annie McClendon. It was added to the
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since 1988. The City of Tyler has also listed it as a Tyler Historical Landmark.
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was born and raised in this house. It is listed on the
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Whitaker-McClendon House

Whitaker–McClendon House is located in Texas
Whitaker–McClendon House is located in the United States
Tyler, Texas
Coordinates
32°20′35″N 95°18′32″W / 32.34306°N 95.30889°W / 32.34306; -95.30889
Whitaker-McClendon House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Classical Revival
Stick
Eastlake
Italianate
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Tyler, Texas
White House correspondent
Sarah McClendon
National Register of Historic Places listings in Smith County
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Victorian
Italianate
Eastlake
James Pinckney Henderson
Jefferson County
Sarah McClendon
National Register of Historic Places listings in Smith County
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Antebellum period

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