Building the Gazebo

ID: 1455 ~ Source: Brownfield, Billie, interviewed by Leslee A. Elliott, March 13, 2007, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Billie Brownfield speaks of how $2,800 was raised and spent to build the gazebo in memory of a friend.

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By Historic Waco Foundation & Prisca Bird
On the east bank of the Brazos River stands East Terrace House, a residence with a past that is as remarkable as its Italianate style of architecture. Future industrialist John Wesley Mann moved to Waco in 1858 from Lebanon, Tennessee. He raised…