Bastrop in Bastrop County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Allen-Fowler House

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, March 27, 2023

1. Allen-Fowler House Marker

Inscription. 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

Erected 2008 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 15623.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1851.

Location. 30° 6.905′ N, 97° 19.358′ W. Marker is in Bastrop, Texas, in Bastrop County. It is at the intersection of Wilson Street and Buttonwood Street, on the left when traveling north on Wilson Street. The marker is located at the front yard of the house by the street.

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Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1404 Wilson Street, Bastrop TX 78602, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Texas

and in the Austin Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Julia Dickinson Allen (a few steps from this marker); Crocheron-McDowall House (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); H. P. Luckett House (about 400 feet away); Site of Bastrop Military Institute (about 400 feet away); White-Turner House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Brooks-Wilbarger House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bastrop Methodist Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bastrop Christian Church (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bastrop.

Photographed by James Hulse, April 15, 2022

2. Allen-Fowler House Marker

The Allen-Fowler House Marker in the front yard image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, April 15, 2022

3. The Allen-Fowler House Marker in the front yard

The view of the Allen-Fowler House and marker from the street image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, April 15, 2022

4. The view of the Allen-Fowler House and marker from the street

Credits. This page was last revised on March 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 20, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 759 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on March 30, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 21, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.