Marker Inscription
Architecture
Historic Place
Dewberry, Col. John, House
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About this site
Dewberry, Col. John, House is a historic place in Teaselville, Smith County, dedicated in 1971. It is one of 17 historic places documented in Smith County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 272 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.1590, -95.4044 near Teaselville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dewberry Plantation House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Camp of the Army of the Republic of Texas, Loftin-Teaselville-Old White Settlement Cemetery, and Bethlehem Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2071000963. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Known as 'Myrtle-Vale,' the Col. John Dewberry House is a rare surviving two-story antebellum Greek Revival residence in Smith County, begun in 1852 as headquarters of Dewberry's large cotton plantation. John Dewberry, a War of 1812 veteran, came to Texas in 1835 and served on the commission that located the county seat after Smith County was created in 1846; the home remained in his family until 1908. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (reference number 71000963) and is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
Sources: hmdb.orgtexasescapes.comloc.gov
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