Marker Inscription
A large building erected here 1850, by Mrs. Sarah Lawler (1807-1890). In this structure, little more than a shed, Mrs. Lawler boarded workmen who were surveying and building Nolanville (later renamed Belton), county seat of newly-created Bell County. Tents, brush arbors, log cabins, and clapboard shanties dotted the landscape; and people moved in before the town was entirely laid out. Mrs. Lawler, born in Tennessee, came to Texas 1837 with husband Eli and their four children. After his death, 1838, she took in boarders, helping to pioneer county development. (1968)
About this site
Belton House is a historical marker in Belton, Bell County, dedicated in 1968. It is one of 223 historical markers documented in Bell County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 399 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.0605, -97.4629 near Belton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Belton Woman's Commonwealth (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Ware, H. A. and Helena, House, McWhirter, George and Martha, House, and Morey House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5027004774. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
