Brownwoodbr/Brown County, Texasbr/31 41.627' N 98 59.681' Wbr/Directions: Start at the intersection of Coggin Avenue and Shaw Drive. The house is on the southwestern corner of the intersection.br/ br/Text: This house was erected about 1876 for George H. Adams (1842-1920), a rancher and former Texas Ranger, whose cattle brand was carved into the front step. English-born stonemason William Frederick Morton (1851-1926) built it of sandstone quarried in nearby Willis Creek. The structure was purchased in 1908 by Laura (d. 1944) and Colin McKeever Shaw (1850-1944). It was restored and enlarged after 1945 by their son, Neil K. Shaw (1901-1969), and his wife, Maud Dabney Shaw.