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

Tolar Kitchen

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, August 26, 2024

1. Tolar Kitchen Marker

Inscription. Built as home south of town 1866 by Robert Tolar. Logs cut, squared and notched on site. Has "mud cat" chimney, roof of hand-rived shakes. Converted to "cook house" where 3 meals every day were cooked over open fireplace until 1960. Pots were cooked "full" for travelers who "dropped in."

Erected 1964 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 11456.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.

Location. 30° 46.291′ N, 94° 26.651′ W. Marker is in Woodville, Texas, in Tyler County. It can be reached from U.S. 190. Located 1.5 mi. W of Woodville at Heritage Village Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 157 Private rd 6000, Woodville TX 75979, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of Henry T. Scott School (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Rev. Acton Young (approx. 1.4 miles away); Woodville Magnolia Cemetery (approx. 1½ miles away); Original Site of Bethel Baptist Church (approx. 1.7 miles away); Home of James Edward Wheat (approx. 1.7 miles away); Tyler County Courthouse (approx. 1.7 miles away);

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Woodville Academy and Woodville College (approx. 1.7 miles away); Lt. Col. Phillip A. Work (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Woodville.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, August 26, 2024

2. Tolar Kitchen Marker

Tolar Kitchen interior image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, August 26, 2024

3. Tolar Kitchen interior

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, August 26, 2024

4. Tolar Kitchen interior

Tolar Kitchen guest bedroom image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, August 26, 2024

5. Tolar Kitchen guest bedroom

Credits. This page was last revised on August 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2024, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 219 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 27, 2024, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.