The Bastrop Academy opened in 1851 with Prof. William J. Hancock of Aberdeen, Mississippi as headmaster. He arrived in early 1852 and built this house for his family and student boarders. The Academy became the Bastrop Military Institute in 1857, with Colonel R.T.P. Allen replacing Hancock. Col. Allen and his wife Julia moved into this home and continued to rent out the back wing for boarding cadets. Sam Houston, whose sons were cadets at the Institute, was a guest of the Allens. County attorney and later state senator John Preston Fowler bought the property in 1876. Fowler added elaborate jigsawn detailing and a projecting bay window to this two-story modified L-plan house with first and second story galleries. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2008
Allen-Fowler House
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Allen-Fowler House is a historical marker in Bastrop, Bastrop County, dedicated in 2008. It is one of 103 historical markers documented in Bastrop County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 296 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.1150, -97.3226 near Bastrop. The nearest cataloged historic site is H. P. Luckett House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Allen-Bell House, Bastrop Military Institute, Site of, and Crocheron-McDowall House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507015623. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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