Proc. 2012-47 Gibbs -Powell Home Day 05-18-12 -_ w
PROCLAMATION
NO. 2012-47
WHEREAS Thomas Gibbs purchased Lot 41 in Block 2 in the town of Huntsville
in November 1841, where 21 years later he built a Greek Revival
house; and
WHEREAS the Gibbs family had all moved out by the 1880s, when the home
began to take in female boarders from the Sam Houston Normal
Institute; and
WHEREAS in 1897, the children of Thomas Gibbs sold the house to Judge Ben H.
Powell, II, of Montgomery County, and was continuously occupied
as the Powell family home from 1897 to 1983; and
WHEREAS the Gibbs-Powell Home is now utilized as the Walker County
Museum as a special part of Huntsville's rich heritage, and today
honored both as part of National Preservation Month and in special
recognition of its 150th anniversary.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED, by the power vested in me as
Mayor of the City of Huntsville, Texas that:
MAY 18, 2012
be declared: Gibbs-Powell Home Day
in the City of Huntsville and urge all citizens to visit and support this unique
treasure of our community.
PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED on this the 18th day of May 2012.
Mac Woodward, Mayor
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