San Marcos in Hays County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Goforth-Harris House
Photographed by James Hulse, May 24, 2022
1. Goforth-Harris House Marker
Inscription.
Goforth-Harris House. . T.J. Goforth, who founded a town with his name in Hays County, built this house c. 1905. Eight years later, he sold the house to Thomas Green Harris, first president of Texas State University and later president of San Marcos Baptist Academy. Harris was a mathematics teacher and administrator for more than forty years in Georgia and Texas. The house has been a single-family residence, apartments and a sorority house. The Goforth-Harris house shows characteristic Victorian era features. A curved double gallery fills the space between the main block and the ell. Distinctive details include projecting bays, brick chimneys, turned posts, fish scale shingles, pendants, and jigsawn brackets in the gable ends.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2008.
T.J. Goforth, who founded a town with his name in Hays County, built this house c. 1905. Eight years later, he sold the house to Thomas Green Harris, first president of Texas State University and later president of San Marcos Baptist Academy. Harris was a mathematics teacher and administrator for more than forty years in Georgia and Texas. The house has been a single-family residence, apartments and a sorority house. The Goforth-Harris house shows characteristic Victorian era features. A curved double gallery fills the space between the main block and the ell. Distinctive details include projecting bays, brick chimneys, turned posts, fish scale shingles, pendants, and jigsawn brackets in the gable ends.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2008
Erected 2008 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 14892.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1905.
Location. 29° 53.107′ N, 97° 56.663′ W. Marker is in San Marcos, Texas, in Hays County. It is at the intersection of North Comanche Street and Pat Garrison Street, on the left
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when traveling north on North Comanche Street. The marker is located on the left side of the front door to the house. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 401 North Comanche Street, San Marcos TX 78666, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Hill Country 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.
3. The view of the Goforth-Harris House from across the street
Credits. This page was last revised on May 28, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 27, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 498 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on May 28, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
