Historical Marker

Cullen House

San Augustine · San Augustine County · Dedicated 1962 · THC Atlas #5405007598

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Marker Inscription

Greek colonial home; pediments, Doric columns. Garret ballroom runs length of house, has opening fan-shaped windows. Long, wide center hall. 5 fireplaces with crane in kitchen chimney. Virgin pine wood in wide board floors, walls. Built 1839 by Ezekiel Wimberly Cullen, settler from Georgia, soldier of Texas Revolution, in 3rd Congress of the Republic. Friend to President Lamar, he wrote bill to fund schools (including state university) with public lands. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965

About this site

Cullen House is a historical marker in San Augustine, San Augustine County, dedicated in 1962. It is one of 51 historical markers documented in San Augustine County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 161 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.5296, -94.1086 near San Augustine. The nearest cataloged historic site is Site of Old Customhouse (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Site of Law Office of Kenneth L. Anderson, Old Hollis Building, and Site of the "Red Lander" Office.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5405007598. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 31.5296, -94.1086 · San Augustine, San Augustine County
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