Near Kosse in Limestone County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Bassett House

Photographed by James Hulse, February 13, 2026

1. Bassett House Marker

Inscription. What is known as Bassett Farms encompasses nearly 2,500 acres of land in Limestone and Falls counties. The 1875 Bassett House and surrounding Bassett Home Place tract represent the core of the property, retained in family hands for over one hundred years. Henry Caleb Bassett (1817-1888) was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and worked in a cotton factory, as a carpenter's apprentice and in the building and contracting trades before starting a career in banking. In 1869, Bassett moved to Texas, settling in Grimes County. In February 1871, he purchased land near the Little Brazos River northwest of Kosse, the future site of the Bassett House, along with land closer to the Kosse townsite where he built a small wood-frame house.

In 1874, Bassett married Hattie Ford Pope (1851-1936). In preparation for their first child, who was born in 1875, the couple constructed a two-story red-brown brick house, one of Limestone County's first. Symmetrical and rectangular in plan, the house's brick masonry exterior walls are unusual for Texas farmhouses of the mid-1870s and were likely built with local bricks from the Kosse area. A one-story gable-roof addition to the main house and numerous outbuildings are also on the property.

A variety of agricultural functions took place on the farm and ranch, including livestock, corn, cotton and peach trees, and the family continued to acquire additional acreage that was used for grazing or rented to farm tenants. The Bassett House and Home Place tract provide an enduring example of rural large-scale Texas farming and ranching in the 19th and 20th centuries. Recorded Texas Historic

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Erected 2015 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 18240.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1871.

Location. 31° 19.879′ N, 96° 40.006′ W. Marker is near Kosse, Texas, in Limestone County. It is on County Road 666 2 miles north of County Road 668, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1343 County Rd 666, Kosse TX 76653, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region.

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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Brown Family Cemetery (approx. 2½ miles away); Charles Q. Haley (approx. 2.6 miles away); Kosse Tabernacle (approx. 2.6 miles away); Chinese Labor on the Houston & Texas Central Railway (approx. 2.8 miles away); Eutaw (approx. 4 miles away); William F. Williams (approx. 4.4 miles away); Mustang Prairie (approx. 5.8 miles away); Eaton Cemetery (approx. 5.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kosse.

Bassett House and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, February 13, 2026

2. Bassett House and Marker

The view of the marker and house from the street.

Bassett House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, February 13, 2026

3. Bassett House

Credits. This page was last revised on February 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 15, 2026, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 76 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 15, 2026, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.