Ward-Coates Home
La Ward, Jackson County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Built in 1860s by Lafayette Ward, Sr., a pioneer rancher who came from Missouri to Texas, 1836. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Lafayette Ward, Sr., came from Missouri to Texas in 1836 — the very year of the fight for independence — and made his way as a pioneer rancher in Jackson County. In the 1860s he built this home, a substantial mark of a family that had put down deep roots on the coastal plain. It stands today as a recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
Why it matters
The home embodies the pioneer ranching families who arrived at Texas independence and stayed to build the ranching country of the Gulf coastal plain.
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