Knightwood
Jefferson, Marion County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Built 1852 by Col. Henry A. Mimms as a daughter's wedding gift. Noted for hospitality. Meeting place for Men's Harmony Club and Ladies' Cooking Class that held weekly dancing parties. Has original honey pine floors, cherry wood mantels. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built in 1852 by Col. Henry A. Mimms as a wedding gift for his daughter, Knightwood became known for its hospitality in antebellum Jefferson, then a bustling inland river port. It served as a gathering place for a Men's Harmony Club and a Ladies' Cooking Class whose weekly dancing parties enlivened the town's social season. Original honey-pine floors and cherry-wood mantels survive from its earliest days.
Why it matters
The house recalls the refined social world of a prosperous antebellum East Texas port, a way of life on the eve of the Civil War.
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