Historisches Wahrzeichen
Sedberry House
Raised mansion built in 1869 at the height of the steamboat era. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP #70000756) and a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. Features winding cast-iron staircases, stained glass windows, and elaborate ceiling rosettes made for gas chandeliers — a stunning example of Jefferson's antebellum prosperity.
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- 211 N. Market St, Jefferson, TX 75657 · In Google Maps öffnen
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Denkmalstatus
- Erbaut: 1869
- National Register of Historic Places Nr. 70000756
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Schlagwörter
- landmark
- historic home
- 1869
- starred
- steamboat era
- national register
- rthl
Mehr Geschichte und Kulturerbe in Jefferson
- Jefferson Playhouse (Sinai Hebrew / Beth-El Synagogue)Built in 1875 as the Sinai Hebrew Congregation of Beth-El synagogue — documenting Jefferson's vibrant Jewish merchant community. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP #69000374) and a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. Later converted to a community playhouse.
- Steamboat Turning BasinThe site where steamboats once docked, loaded cargo, and turned to return downstream to Caddo Lake, Shreveport, and beyond. Jefferson was once the largest inland port city in Texas. Currently pending restoration.
- Planters Bank BuildingBuilt in 1867 with fan-light arched entrances, an original cast-iron balcony, and an interior bank vault. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP #71000952) and a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. A premier example of riverport commercial architecture from Jefferson's golden era.
- First Texas Artificial Gas PlantSite of the first artificial gas plant in the state of Texas — one of Jefferson's multiple 'firsts.' Gas lighting transformed Jefferson's homes and businesses during the steamboat boom.
- Vernon Dalhart BirthplaceBirthplace of Vernon Dalhart — the first country music artist to sell a million records (1924). Born Marion Try Slaughter in Jefferson, TX in 1883, he took the stage name from two nearby Texas towns.
- Jefferson Jimplecute Newspaper OfficeHistoric office of the Jefferson Jimplecute, one of the oldest newspapers in Texas. The unusual name is said to stand for 'Join Immediately My Plucky Little Confederate Thoroughbred Entirely.'
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