Marker Inscription
Oldest house. Only reminder of first Fort Stockton, founded 1859. Was part of old St. Gall townsite. Had thatched roof, adobe walls. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1966.
Historical Marker
Oldest House
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About this site
Oldest House is a historical marker in Ft. Stockton, Pecos County, dedicated in 1966. It is one of 26 historical markers documented in Pecos County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 42 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.8845, -102.8804 near Ft. Stockton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Telegraph Office and School (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Fort Stockton, and Courthouse, Jail and Zero Stone.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5371003842. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Known as the 'Oldest House,' this adobe structure in Fort Stockton is believed to have been built between about 1855 and 1860 as quarters and a store for the Camp Stockton sutler J. D. Holiday. Its walls, two feet thick, rested on a native stone foundation and were topped by a thatched roof supported by sotol branches. During the Civil War it sheltered travelers and stagecoach passengers on the San Antonio-El Paso trail. Erosion and a 1995 earthquake later collapsed much of the building, now preserved by the Fort Stockton Historical Society.
Sources: hmdb.orgpreservationtexas.org
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