Historic Houses in Texas

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Discover Texas history with visits to the historic houses and museums that are located across the state.

  • Earle Harrison House and Pape Gardens  - Side-entry Greek Revival style home of Dr. Baylis Wood Earle and his wife Ann Eliza Harrison Earle.
  • Edward Steves Homestead  - Three-story mansion built in 1876 for Edward Steves, who was the founder of the Steves Lumber Company.
  • Egypt Plantation Museum  - The plantation grounds contain the 1849 Heard Northington House and slave house of Captain W.J.E. Heard.
  • Elisabet Ney Museum  - Nineteenth-century sculptor Elisabet Ney's former studio and portrait collection.
  • French Legation Museum  - Originally built in 1839 by the French diplomat to the state, Alphonse Dubois de Saligny.
  • Moody Mansion  - 28,000 square-foot, four-story structure bought by W.L Moody Jr. in 1900.
  • Neill-Cochran House Museum  - Greek Revival home with 19th century furnishings was built in 1855 by master builder Abner Cook.
  • Pioneer Museum  - Heinrich Kammiah's 1850s stone house, Fassel-Roeder House, 1880s Walton-Smith Log Cabin, and the Dambach-Besier House are apart of this pioneer museum and its tours.
  • Sam Bell Maxey House  - Sam Bell Maxey, a Mexican War veteran, Confederate general and two-term US senator's two story High Victorian Italianate style 1868 house.
  • Samuel May Williams House  - Private residence built in 1838 for Samuel May Williams. It is a combination of Creole-plantation and New England architectural styles.
 
 
 
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