PIONEER RANCHERS MODIE J. .AND
SAMUEL R.COGGIN BEGAN THIS HOUSE:
AFTER 1874.  THEY SOLD IT IN 1888 TO
JOHN WESLEY MALONE (1858-1932), WHO
ADDED THE SECOND FLOOR IN 1904.
MALONE RAN A HARDWARE STORE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH HIS LONGTIME
FRIEND WILL H.  MAYES, WHO BECAME
TEXAS' LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, 1913-14.
ALSO LOCATED HERE IS BROWNWOOD'S
FIRST PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL, BUILT
BY MALONE'S FATHER-IN-LAW, JOHN W.
LAMBETH.  T.W. AND HELEN WADDILL
BOUGHT THE RESIDENCE IN 1970.

RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK - 1976