The Old Buckner Home

Built in 1871 by William Fitzhugh Buckner. Mr. Buckner died in 1929 at the age of 101 years. Mr. Buckner’s eighty years of membership was the longest number of years in any Masonic Lodge in the United States. He was also the last surviving Veteran of the Mexican War. The original house contained eight rooms, a cellar, a large front veranda, large front and back halls, rooms were 16 by 16 feet. Around 1900 a bath and a room were added and a basement dug under the middle of the house for a furnace. Address 526 So. Main

 

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