Marker Inscription
MISSISSIPPI NATIVE JAMES L. AUTRY (1859-1920) MOVED TO CORSICANA IN 1876. THERE HE STUDIED LAW AND HELD CIVIC OFFICES AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST OIL DISCOVERIES IN TEXAS. HE WAS CHIEF COUNSEL FOR THE TEXAS CO. (LATER TEXACO) AND A PIONEER IN THE NEW FIELD OF PETROLEUM LAW. AUTRY COMMISSIONED SANGUINET AND STAATS TO DESIGN THIS HOME, WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1912. THE NEOCLASSICAL DESIGN FEATURES A DOUBLE BALUSTRADED GALLERY AND LARGE FLUTED DORIC COLUMNS. ALSO PROMINENT ARE A PORTE-COCHERE AND FERNERY (SUNROOM), AND A HIPPED LUDOWICI TILE ROOF. THE REAR GARAGE HAS UPSTAIRS SERVANTS QUARTERS.
About this site
James L. Autry House is a historical marker in Houston, Harris County, dedicated in 2010. It is one of 422 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 849 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.7434, -95.3826 near Houston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Myer-Hall House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include F.C.L. and Emilie Neuhaus House, Dorrance, John M., and Ezekial and Mary Jane Miller House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507016515. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
