Home of Adolphus Sterne
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WalksfarTX
N 31° 36.034 W 094° 39.049
15R E 343389 N 3497345
A metal marker on a granite base located to the left of the sidewalk leading to the front door.
Waymark Code: WMWFC3
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2017
Views: 2
Short history of the house and the man who owned it.
Marker Number: 9356
Marker Text:
A pioneer citizen of Nacogdoches. Born in Cologne, Germany, April 5, 1801. Alcalde at Nacogdoches under the Mexican Government, member of the Congress of the Republic of Texas. Died March 27, 1852. Buried in Nacogdoches. Here General Sam Houston made his home both before and after his marriage. The door of Adolphus Sterne was ever open to all the world.
Erected by the State of Texas
1936
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