Travis Street Substation

When Gulf States Utilities Company built this Travis Street substation building in 1929, a new era of progress began in Beaumont and all of southeast Texas. Additional farms, homes, and industries received access to dependable and economic electric power. In spite of the Great Depression, the company expanded to include 22 more communities. This substation provided street lighting and power for railway cars and switchboards, as well as electrical service for rice irrigation, cotton gins, gravel pit operations, and underground oil pumping to refineries.

Travis Street Substation is a historical marker in Beaumont, Jefferson County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 109 historical markers documented in Jefferson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 137 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.0857, -94.0968 near Beaumont. The nearest cataloged historic site is Sanders House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Tevis, Noah, Central Fire Station, and Beaumont Enterprise.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5245010577. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.