Marker Inscription
Architecture, Education, Social History
Historic Place
Baker House
The landmarks the nation chose to remember.
About this site
Baker House is a historic place in Yoakum, Lavaca County, dedicated in 1998. It is one of 5 historic places documented in Lavaca County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 174 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.2886, -97.1405 near Yoakum. The nearest cataloged historic site is Orth-Fitch House (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include First Presbyterian Church of Yoakum, Yoakum Heritage Museum, and First Methodist Church of Yoakum.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2098001345. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Baker House is an early twentieth-century Neoclassical residence in Yoakum, on the Lavaca County side of the city, and is documented in the SAH Archipedia survey of Texas architecture. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places among Lavaca County's historic properties.
Sources: sah-archipedia.orgen.wikipedia.org
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Historical Marker
Orth-Fitch House
Yoakum · 1983
Historical Marker
First Presbyterian Church of Yoakum
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Museum
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Historical Marker
First Methodist Church of Yoakum
Yoakum · 1994
Historical Marker
First Baptist Church of Yoakum
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St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
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Historical Marker
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