Museum

Texas Heroes Museum

La Grange · Fayette County · Dedicated 2016 · THC Atlas #4200001219

Texas history, up close and curated.

About this site

Texas Heroes Museum is a museum in La Grange, Fayette County, dedicated in 2016. It is one of 7 museums documented in Fayette County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 209 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.9040, -96.8780 near La Grange. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fayette County Courthouse (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Beer Office and Bottling Company, Texas Quilt Museum, and Masonic Building, The Old.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200001219. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Texas Heroes Museum in La Grange is housed in the old Fayette County Jail, a Victorian Gothic stone building that opened in 1883 and served the county for 102 years. The museum honors those who have defended Texas from the Texas Revolution through present-day conflicts and first responders, and displays replicas of Texas Revolution-era weapons and equipment. It stands near the 1891 Romanesque Revival Fayette County Courthouse on the downtown square.

Sources: lagrangetx.org texastimetravel.com

📍 29.9040, -96.8780 · La Grange, Fayette County

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