Marker Inscription
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Historic Place
Walker, James, Log House
The landmarks the nation chose to remember.
About this site
Walker, James, Log House is a historic place in Brenham, Washington County, dedicated in 1989. It is one of 40 historic places documented in Washington County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 355 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.1737, -96.3344 near Brenham. The nearest cataloged historic site is Walker Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include unknown (SW of Roberts Cem), Guyton-Robert, and Brenham.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2089001143. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The James Walker Log House is an early log dwelling in Washington County near Brenham, built in 1824 during the era of Stephen F. Austin's colony. As one of the region's oldest surviving structures, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgtexashistory.unt.edu
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