​Site of
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Marker No: 7947

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.852133,-96.977684

Location: in city park at 4th Street west (US 90) and Lamar Avenue north, next to Cameron Gospel Tabernacle

Marker Text: ​Boyhood home of L. S. "Sul" Ross (1838-1898), Texas Governor from 1887 to 1891. His father Shapley P. Ross, Indian agent and Ranger, built house after moving here about 1841; he chose this site because it had a good spring. L. S. Ross, who was a Confederate general, served as president of Texas A & M College after holding office as governor.
​    In 1890 this pavilion was erected to accommodate band concerts, meetings and rallies. It was the scene in 1892 of a landmark debate between two gubernatorial candidates: Gov. James S. Hogg and George Clark. (1969)