Section House, 1880s
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 Built in Carrollton, Texas, during
the 1880s, this two-room building was a typical dwelling for a railroad section
crew. The railroad companies divided the tracks into sections between 10 and 30
miles long and assigned a foreman and crew to tend each section. The compound
included a four-room house for the foreman and his family, one or more two-room
bunk houses for the crew, and a well or cistern. A toll house stood near the
tracks.
 Because many
Tejanos moved to North Texas to work on the railroads, this house
is interpreted as the home of Ramón and Antonia de León. The de León's have
recently moved to Dallas from South Texas.
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