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EARLY TEXAS IOCE\I.
4 isnow highly industrialized coast
region has swept away many of
the finest of these old structures.
At Houston, for example, little
is left of early home building.
It is in some of the quieter in-
land places, not affected by the
storms of either the natural ele-
ments or of man's mad scramble
for economic wealth, that the
finest examples are left stand-
ing today.
There are also some interest-
ing old homes, built before the
War Between the States, in
Northeast Texas. A nucleus of
colonization developed in this
area, independently of the col-
onization of South Texas under
Mexican sovereignty, because it
was believed by many that the
Sulphur, not the Red, was the
boundary line between Texas and
the territory acquired by the
United States in the Louisiana
purchase. At Marshall, Jeffer-
son, Clarksville, Pittsburg, Bos-
ton and other Northeast Texas
towns are some fine examples of
ante-bellum home building.
One of the most interesting of
these old structures, and one
that has been maintained in good
condition, is at Leigh, near Mar-
Top: Blount home at San Augus-
tine, built in 1840's. Upper right:
Chambers home at Anahuac. (Note
winding stairs on gallery.) Lower
right: Longcope home at Houston,
built in 1848, showing the French
Influence. Bottom: Old Varner home
at West Columbia, built in the
1850's. Restored by the late Will
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Texas Almanac, 1952-1953, book, 1951; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117137/m1/117/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.