Details for Old Livery Stable

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5315008066

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Marker Number 8066
Atlas Number 5315008066
Marker Title Old Livery Stable
Index Entry Livery Stable
Address Austin and Vale St.
City Jefferson
County Marion
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 374066
UTM Northing 3625114
Subject Codes livery stables
Marker Year 1968
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Yes
Marker Location
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size Medallion & Plate
Marker Text Near Trammel's Trace, a road charted 1813, used by thousands of settlers migrating to Texas. Site was owned 1868 by D. B. Culberson, later a congressman and a lawyer for defense in the Diamond Bessie murder trial. Culberson's 2-story building here was original site for the Chesterfield Club, East Texas' elite social group, 1870s-1930s. Present structure, built about 1900, housed horses and buggies for public hire until auto age. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1968

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