Section House, 1880s

 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 Ram�n and Antonia de Le�n.  The de Le�n's have recently moved to Dallas from South Texas.