To a new location
Research the start of the park
and the home with the National Registration.
Answer: Fernland Park
Located within the heart of downtown Montgomery, Fernland Historical park is a unique hands-on educational park, bringing samples of early Texas architecture together with examples of early Texas life. The log homes and cabins presented within the park are some of the oldest remaining structures within Texas.
The Arnold Simonton House is one of the oldest houses in Montgomery County. The Greek-revival structure was built in 1845 by Dr. E.J. Arnold. Dr. Arnold moved from Connecticut in the mid-1830s with his wife Rhoda Ann Warner. They settled in Montgomery where they lived in a log house until construction began on this one-story cottage. In 1977, the house was given to the Montgomery Historical Society, moved to a different place on the property, and became the Montgomery City Hall.
Now situated as the focal point within Fernland Historical Park, the white house with its dentil trim features a pair of rooms on either side of an enclosed central hall. The rooms share interior double fireplaces, reflecting a Connecticut influence.
The Arnold-Simonton home was recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1964 and entered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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| Fernland Park |
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| The Arnold-Simonton Home - Historical Marker - National Registry |
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| The Arnold-Simonton Home |
Gus was definitely nosing around here - sniffing out all the history of our little town. When I was about to walk off and give up hope I was given the next riddle and it has something to do with a buffalo? I have never seen a buffalo in Montgomery but let's see where Gus has ventured off to now!
