Historical Markers in Texas

The Governor Horton Place

History·Travis County·Texas

Albert C. Horton (1798-1865), a veteran of the Texas War for Independence, owned this property 1841-1852. The first man elected lieutenant governor after Texas joined the Union, he lived here while serving as chief of state May 19 - Nov. 13, 1846, when Gov. J. Pinckney Henderson was on duty with the U.S. Army in the Mexican War. A later owner was Judge Thomas H. Duval (1813-1880). House was restored and enlarged by Mr. and Mrs. W.O. Karcher, 1960s. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1972

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30.1878, -97.7684

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