R. B. S. Foster Home
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Marker No: 8579
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
National Register of Historic Places
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Marker Text: Early Texas plantation home in architectural style of the Atlantic states. Malcolm Camp, wealthy cotton planter, built this structure in 1859, with lumber hauled from East Texas sawmills. High-ceilinged rooms are very large. Formal dining room in sandstone-lined cellar was unique. Had detached kitchen.
Purchased 1883 by a leading local citizen, R.B.S. Foster (1848-1889), this was birthplace of his three children-- Georgia, Robert F. and Nettie Rose. So stable is this locality that home was continuously occupied until 1966 by Fosters or their agents. (1968) Geographic: 30.415560, -96.054367
Location: from the intersection of SH 6 and SH 90 (East Navasota) take SH 90 approximately 1.5 miles.
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