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

Joseph Brooks Home

 
 
Joseph Brooks Home Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Jeff Leichsenring, January 20, 2023
1. Joseph Brooks Home Marker
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A native of England, Joseph Brooks (1831-89) migrated to Texas with his wife Mary Ann (Farrer) (1833-1900) in 1853. After serving in the Civil War, Brooks moved to Navasota, where he survived an 1867 yellow fever epidemic and became a leading area lumberman. In the 1870s he had this home built for his family. Originally Victorian in design, it was modified with Classical Revival detailing in 1909-11 by the Brooks' daughter Mary Elizabeth Brooks Salyer.
 
Erected 1981 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 8566.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: ArchitectureIndustry & Commerce.
 
Location. 30° 23.408′ N, 96° 5.086′ W. Marker is in Navasota, Texas, in Grimes County. Marker is on 612 E. Washington Ave.. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Navasota TX 77868, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Site of Freeman Inn (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); First United Methodist Church of Navasota (about 700 feet away); Saint Paul's Episcopal Church (about 700 feet away); The Terrell House (about 700 feet away); Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle (about 800 feet away);
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The First Baptist Church of Navasota (about 800 feet away); First Presbyterian Church of Navasota (approx. 0.2 miles away); Frank Augustus Hamer (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Navasota.
 
Joseph Brooks Home and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Jeff Leichsenring, January 20, 2023
2. Joseph Brooks Home and Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 25, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 144 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 25, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.

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