Randolph-Field Place
Calvert, Robertson County, Texas
Marker Inscription
One of Calvert's earliest houses, Greek revival in style. Built about 1871 by George F. Randolph, local merchant, said to have been a kinsman of U. S. President Thomas Jefferson. Randolph and his bride, Lucy Garrett, lived here until he died in 1873 yellow fever epidemic. The widow married (1878) Scott Field, a rising statesman who in 1887-91 was a United States Congressman. House remained in the Field family until 1941. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built around 1871 in the cotton town of Calvert, this Greek Revival house belonged to merchant George F. Randolph, reputedly a kinsman of Thomas Jefferson. Randolph and his bride Lucy Garrett had barely settled in when he died in the deadly 1873 yellow fever epidemic that swept the region. His widow later married Scott Field, who served in Congress from 1887 to 1891, and the home stayed in the Field family until 1941.
Why it matters
The house links the everyday commerce of a Reconstruction-era Texas town to the epidemics and political careers that shaped Gilded Age Southern life.
Own a business near here? Add it to the map.
Related people
- · George F. Randolph
- · Lucy Garrett
- · Scott Field
Themes & tags
Nearby & related markers
The Parish Carriage House
Calvert, TX
In 1892 the merchant, cotton buyer, and banker L.H. Parish and his wife Mattie built this ornately Victorian carriage house to match their new home in the cotton-boom town of Calvert. Both structures were ordered from the mail-order catalogue of architect George Franklin Barber, whose designs let prosperous small-town families import high style by post. The ground floor sheltered the family's bay horses and elegant carriages, while the driver lived upstairs.
Mistrot-Adoue House
Calvert, TX
Built in the 1870s by either Henry B. Mistrot or Bertrand Adoue—business partners linked through Adoue's brother Jacques—this two-story Calvert residence blends Greek Revival and Victorian styling, its French owners' heritage reflected in fleur-de-lis patterns worked into the woodwork. The prominent businessman Jacques Adoue bought the home in 1888, and it remained in his family until 1977. It was named a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1980.
Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Building
Calvert, TX
James S. Hanna raised this Calvert building in 1868 for a general store, and it passed through owners who each wove commerce and banking together — including a Battle of San Jacinto veteran, the Rev. Robert Crawford, and J. S. McLendon, who ran a store and a private bank under its roof. In 1887 it became the birthplace of the First National Bank of Calvert, later renamed Union State Bank and finally Citizens Bank & Trust. Its exterior still carries the 1887 styling of a Gilded Age banking house.
Town of Calvert
Calvert, TX
Calvert began as "Sterling" in Sterling C. Robertson's 1820s colony and became a rowdy, booming cotton-export and trade center — its inscription conjures ox-carts, saloons, and casino tables piled with gold. It served as a Civil War mustering and supply point, then moved two miles to meet the Houston & Texas Central Railroad in 1868, taking a new name from Judge Robert Calvert, a landowner descended from Lord Baltimore. The railroad cemented its place as a regional cotton hub.