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R. B. S. Foster Home

Navasota, Grimes County

Marker Text

Early Texas plantation home in architectural style of the Atlantic states. Malcolm Camp, wealthy cotton planter, built this structure in 1859, with lumber hauled from East Texas sawmills. High-ceilinged rooms are very large. Formal dining room in sandstone-lined cellar was unique. Had detached kitchen. Purchased 1883 by a leading local citizen, R.B.S. Foster (1848-1889), this was birthplace of his three children-- Georgia, Robert F. and Nettie Rose. So stable is this locality that home was continuously occupied until 1966 by Fosters or their agents.

Marker Details

Address 7827 US 90
Location Description from the intersection of SH 6 and SH 90 (East Navasota) take SH 90 approximately 1.5 miles.
Marker # 8579
Dedicated 1968
Size, Type medallion and text plate
Code houses, residential buildings
Latitude, Longitude 30.415625, -96.054371

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