The George Washington Baines House is located in the city of Salado

Salado, Texas

Salado is a village in Bell County, Texas, United States. Salado was first incorporated in 1867 for the sole purpose of building a bridge across the Salado Creek...

, county of Bell

Bell County, Texas

Bell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. Bell County was founded in 1850. It is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2000, the county's population was 237,974; in 2010 the U.S. Census Bureau reported that its population had reached...

, in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bell County, Texas

National Register of Historic Places listings in Bell County, Texas

List of Registered Historic Places in Bell County, TexasThis is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Bell County, Texas...

 in 1983, and designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

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 in 1981.

George Washington Baines

George Washington Baines

George Washington Baines, Sr. , a maternal great-grandfather of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson , was a Baptist clergyman in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas who served briefly as natural science professor and President of Baylor University at its first location in Independence in Washington...

 was the father of Joseph Wilson Baines, who was the father of Rebekah Baines, mother of Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

. A Baptist minister, Rev. Baines had been president of Baylor University

Baylor University

Baylor University is a private, Christian university located in Waco, Texas. Founded in 1845, Baylor is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.-History:...

, and traveled for the Baptist State Convention when he built this house around 1866. The Greek Revival

Greek Revival architecture

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 style house is a frame one-and-one-half-story structure. The front of the house features a double-door transomed

Transom (architectural)

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entrance. The porch is supported by square columns. Baines lived in this house until his death in 1883.