Camp-Ezell House
Beeville, Bee County, Texas
Marker Inscription
A settler's "box" home built of Florida longleaf pine from house razed by Robert A. Ezell in Old St. Mary's. One of the structure's three chimneys served as a flue for two cooking units: kitchen stove and dining room fireplace. Ezell (1845-1936), a stonemason, built at this creek site in 1892. His wife Sara Jane, daughter of influential legislator L.B. Camp, was born at Mission San Jose, San Antonio. Six Ezell sons formed a popular orchestra, 1895 to 1904. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1971
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Stonemason Robert A. Ezell built this settler's "box" home in 1892 from Florida longleaf pine salvaged from a razed house in Old St. Mary's. Ingeniously planned, one of its three chimneys vented both a kitchen stove and a dining-room fireplace. Ezell's wife Sara Jane, daughter of legislator L. B. Camp, was born at Mission San José, and their six sons formed a popular orchestra that played from 1895 to 1904.
Why it matters
The Camp-Ezell House offers an intimate look at settler craftsmanship and family life in late-nineteenth-century South Texas.
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Related people
- · Robert A. Ezell
- · Sara Jane Camp Ezell
- · L. B. Camp
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