Details for Cullen House
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5405007598
Data
| Marker Number | 7598 |
| Atlas Number | 5405007598 |
| Marker Title | Cullen House |
| Index Entry | Cullen House |
| Address | Congress and Market St. |
| City | San Augustine |
| County | San Augustine |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 394752 |
| UTM Northing | 3488638 |
| Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings; Greek Revival (Architectural style) |
| Marker Year | 1962 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
| Marker Text | 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 |