Dan N. Alley Home
Jefferson, Marion County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Built by Dan N. Alley, a founder of Jefferson. Was wedding gift to a son. Now home of Mary Carlson, a descendant. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This house was built by Dan N. Alley, one of the founders of Jefferson, and given as a wedding gift to his son during the era when the town was a bustling riverport and gateway into Texas. It has stayed in the family's line, later home to a descendant.
Why it matters
Jefferson's founding families helped make it one of nineteenth-century Texas's great inland ports, and their homes anchor the memory of that vanished commercial heyday.
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Related people
- · Dan N. Alley
- · Mary Carlson
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