Schluter Home
Jefferson, Marion County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Colonial home built 1856 by F. A. Schluter, one of first 6 settlers in Jefferson. Has spacious halls, wide galleries. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built in 1856 by F. A. Schluter, one of Jefferson's first six settlers, this gracious home rose in what was then one of Texas's busiest inland ports on the Big Cypress waterway. Its spacious halls and wide galleries reflect the prosperity of a river town at its antebellum height. As a founder's residence, it embodies the early ambitions of a community that briefly rivaled the state's leading cities.
Why it matters
Homes of first settlers preserve the domestic face of Texas's antebellum boom towns, when river commerce promised outsized futures for frontier ports.
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