N. H. Davis Cottage
Montgomery, Montgomery County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Home of Judge N. H. Davis and wife, Sarah E. White. Built 1851, from 1831 log house received as legal fee. Kitchen area attached 1880. Texanna Snow's school here 1881-1891. J. F. Davis added south wing in 1895. Still in family. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Judge N. H. Davis built this cottage in 1851 using timber from an 1831 log house he had received as a legal fee, and the home grew with a kitchen wing in 1880 and a south addition in 1895. From 1881 to 1891 it also served the community as the site of Texanna Snow's school, and the house has remained in the Davis family ever since.
Why it matters
It ties together the early Republic-era settlement of Montgomery, frontier home-building from salvaged materials, and the informal schooling that educated a small Texas town's children.
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Related people
- · N. H. Davis
- · Sarah E. White
- · Texanna Snow
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