S. D. Rainey Home
Jefferson, Marion County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Built 1880 by cotton factor S. D. Rainey. Style: midwestern rococo. Since 1886 a center of social life, as R. S. Terry Home. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built in 1880 by cotton factor S. D. Rainey, this ornate "midwestern rococo" house rose in Jefferson, then a bustling riverport and cotton-shipping hub of Northeast Texas. Since 1886 it has been known as the R. S. Terry Home and served as a long-standing center of the town's social life.
Why it matters
It reflects the prosperity of the cotton trade that built Gilded Age fortunes and fine homes across the postwar South.
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Related people
- · S. D. Rainey
- · R. S. Terry
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