Fernland

Historic homes have been moved

To a new location

Name all the homes, take pictures, too

And it will improve your Montgomery education




 

      The Arnold Simonton house was built in the mid 1840s. It was built by Dr. E. J. Arnold a Montgomery doctor and community leader. It was then owned by Simonton family. They owned it between 1936 and 1977, when they eventually donated it to a historical society.

The James Jardine cabin was owned by an Irish emigrant in 1826. He emigrated with the Jose Vehlien Colony in present day Walker County. It is believed the cabin was built by Jardine before the Texas Revolution. It is one of the oldest existent log structures in Texas.

  
The Crane Cabin was built in 1867 in Angelina County by Nicholas Crane, a man who moved from Alabama 19 years earlier, and veteran of the Civil War . The exterior walls are made from nice pine logs, and the interior walls are custom finished.  

   
     The Hulon House is a Civil War era dog trot type home. The house features 2 similar rooms with a walk way in the middle. The home was originally located in Willis, Texas. It was later moved and decorated in Civil War era items.
  

  Daisy, where did you get that tennis ball. Thievery is not tolerated. You need to go to jail and luckily there is one at are next stop, the Montgomery Community Center.