Mrs. Sam Houston House
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Mrs. Sam Houston House is a historic house on FM 390, one block east of the junction with FM 50 in Independence, Texas
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The Greek Revival house was built in 1832. Later it was home to Mrs. Sam Houston
(Margaret Moffette Lea
), the widow of the politician and statesman. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1970.
Independence, Texas
Independence is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Texas, United States. Located twelve miles northeast of Brenham, it was founded in 1835 in Austin's colony of Anglo Americans. It became a Baptist religious and educational center of the Republic of Texas...
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The Greek Revival house was built in 1832. Later it was home to Mrs. Sam Houston
Sam Houston
Samuel Houston, known as Sam Houston , was a 19th-century American statesman, politician, and soldier. He was born in Timber Ridge in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, of Scots-Irish descent. Houston became a key figure in the history of Texas and was elected as the first and third President of...
(Margaret Moffette Lea
Margaret Moffette Lea
Margaret Moffette Lea was the daughter of Alabama planters Temple Lea and Nancy Moffette. In 1840 she became the third wife of the politician Sam Houston, then representative to the Texas legislature and between terms as the President of the Republic of Texas...
), the widow of the politician and statesman. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1970.