Engineer's Home - Heritage Square Park - Texas City, TX
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jhuoni
N 29° 23.207 W 094° 53.757
15R E 316008 N 3252333
Known as the Engineer's House, this home was moved a little over a block to Heritage Square Park.
Waymark Code: WM10K3W
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/19/2019
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From the Moore Memorial Public Library
Engineer's Cottage
Location: Heritage Square, 100 block of 3rd Ave., Texas City
Background: Built by the Texas City Improvement Company before 1895 and originally located at 206 2nd Ave. N. The original inhabitant was a Texas City Improvement Company surveyor who was shot and killed over local resistance to TC Improvement Company activities
From Texas City's official website.
Heritage Square Park
109 3rd Avenue North
Texas City, TX 77590
This Victorian-style cottage was built by the Texas City Improvement Company prior to 1895 for an employee of the company. The house plans came from a Sears-Roebuck catalog.
Originally located at 206 2nd Ave. N. in the "First Addition," it became known as the Engineer's House because of the tragic fate of an early resident. Goodson G. Chamberlin (1846-1895), a contractor for the Port, was killed by James A. Muse (1835-1900), a former lighthouse keeper of Half Moon Shoal Lighthouse, as a result of a land dispute. Muse was later acquitted of the murder.
The home was bought by William Moore and later, by Donald W. and Barbara White in 1984. The Whites deeded the house to the Texas City Heritage Association prior to it move to Heritage Square in 1991.