In 1949, their daughter Betty even had her wedding reception at the house.
It was then purchased in the early 40's by Robert and Nina Sellstrom. Back to the Texas Chainsaw house, it was built in 1909 for the Thompson family, the previous occupants of the grandparents house used in the film that was located just across the street. The house still stands today and is currently a dentist office, located just up the interstate in Georgetown. One is the house seen in the film, the second remains a mystery and the third was located just down the road from the house in the film and was also known as the Burkland-Frisk house, as it was built by Leonard Frisk and later owned by Tony Burkland. There were actually three of these nearly identical houses built in Round Rock at the beginning of the 20th century. He had hundreds of house plans available which ranged from one bedroom homes to more elaborate three story houses. Barber published a monthly magazine in the late 1800's called American Homes, which also promoted his original house plans that he sold through his publication. The rooms feature twelve foot ceilings, ornate wood moldings and a curved entry hall along the central staircase. The house was designed by architect George Franklin Barber. There have been more than 3,500 burials at the cemetery since it first opened. The man in the middle, wearing the white wife beater and cowboy hat, is none other than John Dugan, the 20 year old actor who also played the 113 year old grandpa in the film. In the scene where the van first pulls up to the cemetery, there are three men slowly approaching it.
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It's the rear of the monument that's shown in the opening scene of the film, sitting about ten feet behind the false monument made for the movie in which the rotted corpse was postured atop of.
Not only is Mason's monument among the tallest in the cemetery, but it would later go on to serve as the opening for one of the most famous and influential horror films ever made. Mason, the first postmaster of Bagdad died and was buried in close proximity to John. Babcock, Charles Babcock donated one acre of land as burial ground. When faced with the burial of his three year old son John L.
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