Varner-Hogg Home (The "Varner")
West Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Last home of James Stephen Hogg, first native Texan to be elected governor. Located on an 1824 Spanish land grant made to Martin Varner. House built by sugar planter C. R. Patton. Restored 1920. Given to the State, 1958, by Miss Ima Hogg.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Known as "The Varner," this plantation house stands on an 1824 Spanish land grant to Martin Varner and was built by sugar planter C. R. Patton. It became the last home of James Stephen Hogg, the first native-born Texan elected governor. Restored in 1920, it was given to the State in 1958 by Hogg's daughter, the noted philanthropist Miss Ima Hogg.
Why it matters
The house links Texas's plantation frontier to the reform-minded governorship of James Hogg, and to Ima Hogg's later work preserving the state's heritage.
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Related people
- · James Stephen Hogg
- · Ima Hogg
- · Martin Varner
- · C. R. Patton
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