Site of Freeman Inn
Navasota, Grimes County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Built by Ira M. Freeman, 1856; way station and hotel for passengers on several stage lines through city. Two-story pine building housed many travelers, among them, Sam Houston. Important visitors, officers stayed here in Civil War. Coaches and teams were kept in Freeman's barns.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Ira M. Freeman built this two-story pine inn in 1856 as a way station and hotel for passengers on the several stage lines threading through Navasota. Travelers of every sort lodged here — among them Sam Houston — and during the Civil War it hosted officers and important visitors, while Freeman's barns sheltered the coaches and teams.
Why it matters
Stagecoach inns were the highway rest stops of their day, keeping people, mail, and news moving across a young and spread-out Texas.
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Related people
- · Ira M. Freeman
- · Sam Houston
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