Marker Inscription
Politics/Government, Architecture
Historic Place
Sayers, Gov. Joseph, House
The landmarks the nation chose to remember.
About this site
Sayers, Gov. Joseph, House is a historic place in Bastrop, Bastrop County, dedicated in 1978. It is one of 81 historic places documented in Bastrop County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 296 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.1169, -97.3223 near Bastrop. The nearest cataloged historic site is B.D. Orgain House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Crocheron-McDowall House, Orgain, Sarah Jane, House, and Bell, Henry N., House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2078003297. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Governor Joseph D. Sayers House at 1903 Wilson Street in Bastrop is a one-story Greek Revival residence completed about 1868, which Sayers built for his wife Ada Watson. It was the home of Joseph Draper Sayers, who served as governor of Texas from 1899 to 1903, from 1868 until 1899. The house was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS TX-33-C-5) and is part of Bastrop's National Register of Historic Places resources.
Get Texas Roam — all 28,000 sites in your pocket
See this site and every marker, cemetery, courthouse, museum and landmark across Texas on one live map — find what's near you, get directions, and check in as you roam.
Nearby in Bastrop County
Historical Marker
B.D. Orgain House
Bastrop · 1981
Historical Marker
Crocheron-McDowall House
Bastrop · 1996
Historic Place
Orgain, Sarah Jane, House
Bastrop · 1978
Historic Place
Allen-Bell House
Bastrop · 1971
Historical Marker
Bell, Henry N., House
Bastrop · 1962
Historic Place
Pledger, J. W., House
Bastrop · 1978
Historical Marker
Sayers, Governor, House
Bastrop · 1971
Historical Marker
Allen-Fowler House
Bastrop · 2008