Site of the Home of General Sam Houston
Beach City, Chambers County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Site of the Home of General Sam Houston, Constructed in About 1860, Occupied by Him as a Residence During a Part of 1861 and a Part of 1862
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This site marks the location of a home built around 1860 for Sam Houston—the victor of San Jacinto, president of the Republic of Texas, U.S. senator, and governor. He occupied the residence during parts of 1861 and 1862, the final years of a long career that closed as the Civil War engulfed the state he had helped create. Houston, who opposed secession and was removed as governor for refusing to swear loyalty to the Confederacy, spent his last years on the Gulf Coast he knew so well.
Why it matters
It connects one of the towering figures of the American frontier and Texas independence to his final, turbulent years, when the nation he had joined to the Union split apart in civil war.
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