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

Cullen House

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, December 2, 2025

1. Cullen House Marker

Inscription. Greek colonial home; pediments, Doric columns. Garret ballroom runs length of house, has opening fan-shaped windows. Long, wide center hall. 5 fireplaces with crane in kitchen chimney. Virgin pine wood in wide board floors, walls.

Built 1839 by Ezekiel Wimberly Cullen, settler from Georgia, soldier of Texas Revolution, in 3rd Congress of the Republic. Friend to President Lamar, he wrote bill to fund schools (including state university) with public lands.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965

Erected 1965 by Texas State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 7598.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1839.

Location. 31° 31.702′ N, 94° 6.49′ W. Marker is in San Augustine, Texas, in San Augustine County. It is on South Congress Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 205 South Congress Street, San Augustine TX 75972, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the

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Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

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: First United Methodist Church (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named First United Methodist Church (about 400 feet away); Site of the First Methodist Episcopal Church (about 700 feet away); Christ Church (about 700 feet away); Site of Old Customhouse (about 700 feet away); George Louis Crocket (about 700 feet away); Site of Law Office of Kenneth L. Anderson (approx. 0.2 miles away); Old Hollis Building (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Augustine.

Also see . . . Cullen, Ezekiel Wimberly (1814–1882) - The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) (Submitted on February 24, 2024, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio.)

Cullen House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Anderson, February 18, 2024

2. Cullen House

Dedication Marker in Front Yard image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Anderson, February 18, 2024

3. Dedication Marker in Front Yard

Early Texas Home
of
Ezekiel W. and Eliza A. Cullen
Built 1839 Restored 1953
by
Hugh Roy Cullen, their grandson, who presented it to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas

Photographed by Brian Anderson, February 18, 2024

4. Cullen House Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 24, 2024, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio. This page has been viewed 463 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 3, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 24, 2024, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio.