Sam Bell Maxey House
Historic house in Texas, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Samuel Bell Maxey House | |
Location | 812 E. Church St. Paris, Texas |
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Area | 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) |
Built | 1867 (1867) |
Architectural style | Palladian |
Website | Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site |
NRHP reference No. | 71000943[1] |
TSAL No. | 8200000426 |
RTHL No. | 8208 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 18, 1971 |
Designated TSHS | April 1976[2] |
Designated TSAL | January 1, 1983 |
Designated RTHL | 1962 |
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.