| McCulloch House was begun in 1866 and completed in 1872. The Architecture
The original house consisted of a two-room structure. The house was enlarged to its present two-story Greek Revival house made of local pink brick. There was a dependency: a detached kitchen to the north of the original structure that was incorporated into the main building when the house was enlarged. The Families Dr. Josiah H. Caldwell, a Waco Physician, and his wife built the house in 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Champe Carter McCulloch purchased the house in 1872. Mr. McCulloch was a prominent Wacoan. He was a local merchant who made frequent trips to New York to but merchandise for other Waco merchants. He served as Mayor for about 11 years. He and his wife, Emma, had ten children. The last descendant, a daughter-in-law, lived in the house until 1971. Emma Bassett, later to become Mrs. McCulloch, was brought Waco from Corsicana, Texas, by buggy, to teach piano and penmanship at the Waco University when the teacher of those subjects left for the Civil War. Mr. McCulloch was a staunch Episcopalian and served as senior warden when the church was in South Waco as well as when it moved across from his residence at 4th Street and Columbus Avenue. One son, Louis Bassett McCulloch, lived in the McCulloch residence until he died. To
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