The Steele House

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Marker Text: ​In the late 1800s, two brothers named Steele had large cotton operations near Navasota, at Allen Farm, and residences diagonally across this corner from each other.
​     A. G. Steele (1853-1900) and wife Etta had this late Victorian home built in 1896 by contractor J. E. Watkins. Eastlake architectural features embellish the porches and entrances. Descendants lived here until 1970. the house now (1974) is owned and preserved by Syd and Margaret Van Wagner. (1971) 

Marker No: 9408

Medallion & Plate

Texas Historic Landmark

National Register of Historic Places

Geographic: 30.388166, -96.084145

Location: At the northeast corner of Holland  and Brewer Streets, Navasota