R. B. S. Foster Home

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.

R. B. S. Foster Home is a historical marker in Navasota, Grimes County, dedicated in 1968. It is one of 73 historical markers documented in Grimes County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 213 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.4092, -96.0500 near Navasota. The nearest cataloged historic site is Foster House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Camp Family Cemetery, Neblett, and Templeman House.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5185008579. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.