Sam Bell Maxey House

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Samuel Bell Maxey House
Location812 E. Church St.
Paris, Texas
Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built1867 (1867)
Architectural style Palladian
Website Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site
NRHP reference # 71000943 [1]
TSAL # 8200000426
RTHL # 8208
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 18, 1971
Designated TSHSApril 1976 [2]
Designated TSALJanuary 1, 1983
Designated RTHL1962

The Sam Bell Maxey House is a historic house in Paris, Lamar County, Texas. Samuel Bell Maxey, a prominent local attorney and later two-term U.S. senator, built the large two-story house after serving as a major general in the Confederate Army. [3] It is built in the High Victorian Italianate style.

Paris, Texas City in Texas, United States

Paris is a city and county seat of Lamar County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 25,171. It is situated in Northeast Texas at the western edge of the Piney Woods, and 98 miles (158 km) northeast of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. Physiographically, these regions are part of the West Gulf Coastal Plain.

Lamar County, Texas County in the United States

Lamar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas, in the Northeast Texas region. As of the 2010 census, its population was 49,891. Its county seat is Paris. The county was formed by the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 17, 1840 and organized the next year. It is named for Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, the second president of the Republic of Texas.

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From 1868 to 1966, the house was the home of Samuel B. Maxey and his family. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lamar County, Texas on March 18, 1971. [4] The house was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1962. [5] Restoration was completed September 1, 1980, and it was opened to the public on a tour basis. On January 1, 2008, the house was transferred from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the Texas Historical Commission and is now operated at the Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site.

Samuel B. Maxey American politician

Samuel Bell Maxey was an American soldier, lawyer, and politician from Paris, Texas. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and later represented Texas in the U.S. Senate.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Lamar County, Texas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lamar County, Texas.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL) is a designation awarded by the Texas Historical Commission for historically and architecturally significant properties in the state of Texas. RTHL is a legal designation and the highest honor the state can bestow on a historic structure. Purchase and display of a historical marker is a required component of the RTHL designation process. Because it is a legal designation, owners of RTHL-designated structures must give 60 days notice before any alterations are made to the exterior of the structure. Changes that are unsympathetic may result in removal of the designation and historical marker. There are over 3600 RTHL structures throughout the state.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2013-11-02.
  2. "SAM BELL MAXEY HOUSE STATE HISTORIC SITE". Handbook of Texas Online . Texas State Historical Association . Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  3. TSHA Handbook of Texas Online
  4. "NRHP Maxey House". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  5. "RTHL Maxey House". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2012.

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