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Historic Southlake Home Moved to Grapevine

The old "George Blevins Home" in Southlake was loaded up and moved to Grapevine on Sunday. The land where the house sat was recently sold for commercial development.

The owners of the home donated it to the Grapevine Township Revitalization Program. The home, which was built in 1903, was placed in the Grapevine Historic Township and will sit on a lot at 200 South Dooley Street.

A press release from the city of Grapevine details some of the history of the home.

George was five years old when his family moved from Georgia to Texas. George grew up around Grapevine. The house was built for George Blevins in 1903 on eighty acres of land purchased from Dr. Tom Dorris, Grapevine's resident doctor, in 1897. George and his wife Laura Ann (Johnson) Blevins raised their family in the home. The George Louis Blevins family farm sat in the corner east of Board's Store. Laura Ann's parents owned about 160 acres east of Board's store, most of which George Louis bought in later years along with other property in the area. The one and one half story house is designed in the Queen-Anne style and contains a large living room, dining room kitchen and two bedrooms on the first floor and several rooms on the second floor.

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