Marker Inscription
Built during the early 1860s, this structure served as a boarding house and as a mercantile before opening as the Kahn Saloon about 1900. Temperance movement leader Carrie Nation was denied entrance here during one of her campaigns through Texas. Jefferson native Marion Try Slaughter launched his career as country music singer Vernon Dalhart at the Kahn Saloon. The popular gathering place was closed after local prohibitionists won a 1907 election. Since that time, the building has been used for a variety of purposes, including a newspaper office, lodge building, furniture store, and funeral home.
About this site
Kahn Saloon is a historical marker in Jefferson, Marion County, dedicated in 1985. It is one of 94 historical markers documented in Marion County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 132 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.7562, -94.3451 near Jefferson. The nearest cataloged historic site is Nineteenth Century Business House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dalhart, Vernon, Livery Stable, and The Jefferson "Jimplecute".
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5315008061. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
