Abbott House – 130 Corsicana Street

In 1986, the Abbott House was designated a Texas Historic Landmark . Joseph (Jo) Abbott and his wife Rowena Sturgis Abbott purchased the land in 1883 and built the house in 1898. A year later, the Abbotts deeded the property to their son and daughter-in-law, James and Nancy Abbott, after the birth of the young couple’s first child.

Originally the house was a T plan, but after additions in 1907 and 1918, the architecture transitioned to classical-bungalow style.

Jo Abbott was big in Hill County lore. After serving as a First Lieutenant in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, he became a lawyer and later a District Judge appointed by Governor Oran M. Roberts. Abbott’s political career spanned from the Texas House of Representatives to the U.S. House of Representatives.