R. B. S. Foster Home
Navasota, Grimes County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Early Texas plantation home in architectural style of the Atlantic states. Malcolm Camp, wealthy cotton planter, built this structure in 1859, with lumber hauled from East Texas sawmills. High-ceilinged rooms are very large. Formal dining room in sandstone-lined cellar was unique. Had detached kitchen. Purchased 1883 by a leading local citizen, R.B.S. Foster (1848-1889), this was birthplace of his three children-- Georgia, Robert F. and Nettie Rose. So stable is this locality that home was continuously occupied until 1966 by Fosters or their agents.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Wealthy cotton planter Malcolm Camp built this stately home in 1859 in the architectural style of the Atlantic states, hauling lumber from East Texas sawmills for its high-ceilinged rooms, sandstone-lined cellar dining room, and detached kitchen. In 1883 it was bought by prominent citizen R. B. S. Foster, whose three children were born here, and it stayed in Foster hands until 1966.
Why it matters
Grand cotton-era homes like this one embody the antebellum plantation economy that shaped the wealth, society, and landscape of the Old South.
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Related people
- · Malcolm Camp
- · R. B. S. Foster
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