Plantation House
Jefferson, Marion County, Texas
Marker Inscription
1854 "Plantation" house shows European styling in brick ground floor, frame upper stories, double iron stairways. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built in 1854 in the thriving riverport of Jefferson, this antebellum residence blends European design with practical local building, pairing a brick ground floor with framed upper stories and distinctive double iron stairways. Jefferson was then one of Texas's busiest inland ports, and homes like this one signaled the wealth flowing through the cotton economy of the era. It was recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1966.
Why it matters
The house preserves the architectural ambition of a booming pre-Civil War river town, when Jefferson rivaled Galveston as a gateway for goods and people moving into East Texas.
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