Museum

Gibbs-Powell Home

Huntsville · Walker County · Dedicated 1984 · THC Atlas #4200000219

Texas history, up close and curated.

About this site

Gibbs-Powell Home is a museum in Huntsville, Walker County, dedicated in 1984. It is one of 5 museums documented in Walker County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 109 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.7240, -95.5527 near Huntsville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Eastham-Thomason House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Sallie E. Gibbs, Walker County Courthouse, and Walker County.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200000219. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

This Greek Revival house was commissioned by Huntsville merchant Thomas Gibbs and built by W. M. Barrett in 1862. Judge Ben Powell II bought it in 1897, and it remained in the Powell family until 1984, when it was leased to the Walker County Historical Commission; it had also housed female students of the Sam Houston Normal Institute, whose names still mark the bedroom walls. The home is both a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark and a State Archeological Landmark.

Sources: easttexashistory.org walkercountyhistoricalcommission.org

📍 30.7240, -95.5527 · Huntsville, Walker County

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