Charles Lewis McGehee Cabin

The McGehee family came to Texas from Alabama in 1847. In 1859, Charles Lewis McGehee, Jr. (1837-1929) acquired this property along the San Marcos River. He soon built a cabin (1/2 mi. E) for his wife, Sarah Jane (Humphreys), and their children. One of the oldest existing structures in this part of Hays County, the cabin features a fireplace and chimney of hand-hewn stone. About 1870, McGehee moved his family from the farm into the town of San Marcos, where he worked as a land developer and stock dealer. (1985)

Charles Lewis McGehee Cabin is a historical marker in San Marcos, Hays County, dedicated in 1985. It is one of 124 historical markers documented in Hays County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 184 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.8555, -97.8981 near San Marcos. The nearest cataloged historic site is Site of the First Town of San Marcos (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Don Felipe Roque de la Portilla, McGehee Crossing, and Cementerio del Rio.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5209010294. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.