Home of Dr. Joseph M. Pound and Wife Sarah Dunbiben Ward. First log rooms built 1853 with slave labor. Square nails, hand-hewn timbers and lumber were used in construction. Circuit riders stopped here, conducted Methodist worship services. The sick and wounded, rich or poor, came to this home as to a hospital. Dr. Pound, U.S. Army private in Mexican War, was a Confederate surgeon in the Civil War. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965