Governor O. M. Roberts' House
Marble Falls, Burnet County, Texas
Marker Inscription
President of the 1861 Secession Convention and a Confederate officer, Oran M. Robert (1815-1898) served as governor of Texas from 1879 to 1883. After leaving office, he became a law professor at the University of Texas. He built this cottage at Third and Main Street and settled there after his retirement in 1893. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Faubian bought the house in 1901 and moved it to this site. They altered the front porch and roofline, adding Victorian touches. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1978
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Oran M. Roberts presided over the 1861 convention that took Texas out of the Union, served as a Confederate officer, and after the war rose to be governor of Texas from 1879 to 1883. Leaving office, he taught law at the University of Texas and built this modest cottage for his retirement in Marble Falls. Later owners moved the house and dressed it up with Victorian touches, but it remains tied to one of the era's central figures.
Why it matters
Roberts's life traces the arc of Texas from secession through Reconstruction to Gilded Age statehood, and his home grounds that turbulent political history in a single place.
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Related people
- · Oran M. Roberts
- · H. E. Faubian
Related events
- · Secession Convention of 1861
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