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Vol. XXIX, NO. 1 © Historic Jefferson Foundation Published by Historic Jefferson Foundation, Jefferson, Texas Welcome to Jefferson Pilgrimage 2010 Calendar Jefferson Home Tours of Events Salutes America April 30, May 1 & 2, 2010 Page 18 July 4, 2010 • Otstott Park Story begins on page 4-5 Page 2 The Jeffersonian Spring/Summer 2010 For your convenience Bed & Breakfast Citizens National Bank King Beds Private Baths has Fireplaces Private Balconies Full Breakfast Saturday Texas size front porch & gazebo overlooking flower and Drive In Banking butterfly gardens. Off street private parking. Close to Shops & Restaurants 9 ‘til Noon Pam & Bob Thomas 206 East Delta Street Toll Free: 877-665-2929 Owners and Innkeepers Jefferson, Texas 75657 Local: 903-665-2929 www.cnbtexas.com Website: www.deltastreetinn.com • email: [email protected] The 28th Annual Candlelight Tour of Homes Thursdays Dec. 2 & 9, 3-8 p.m. CITIZENS NATIONAL Friday & Saturday Dec. 3 & 4, 5-9 p.m. BANK 109 E. Broadway Friday & Saturday 10 & 11, 5-9 p.m. 903-665-3995 PADDLEWHEEL BOAT TOURS ON CADDO LAKE Caddo Lake Acclaimed in Texas Highways, Caddo Lake Paddlewheel Tours Texas Parks & Wildlife • Texas Co-op Power, Texas Monthly Featuring ʻSWAMP THING” The historic steam paddlewheels were first seen on Caddo Lake in the 1840s. The paddlewheelers is a great way to push a boat Owned & through shallow Caddo Lake waterways. Behold our Operated by: “SWAMP THING” electric paddlewheel tour boat. Johnny With quiet, clean, dependable electric push, it can slide through & the lily pads in less than a foot of water. Its element is the backwaters, taking visitors to intriguing beautiful places on this LaLette mysterious lake. Fletcher Tour Schedule Closed on Sun. & Mon. MARCH - NOVEMBER 1 Hour Narrated Tour Tuesday - Saturday Padded seating & Roll down * Uncertain Lakeside Inn 10 am, Noon, 2 pm, * Uncertain awning for passenger * Uncertain Gifts & Grill Flea Market 4 pm, 6 pm comfort Special times and rates for Toll Free - 888-325-5459 * groups. Head Quarters 903-789-3292 www.uncertaingifts.com *Full Menu Restaurant dockside* www.caddolakepaddlewheel- Specializing in Caddo Cuisine tours.com Spring/Summer 2010 The Jeffersonian Page 3 A New Orleans look OPEN 7 DAYS BREAKFAST There’s a reason why Jefferson is AND reminiscent of the Crescent City A WEEK SPECIALIZING LUNCH By Vic Parker Kitchens were detached to SERVED reduce the danger of fire, and IN OUR In some ways, Jefferson re- local stands of cypress and DAILY sembles New Orleans more pine were readily available. HOMEMADE than it does other cities and There also was easy access to YEAR towns in Texas, and it goes be- clay for the production of BREADS yond the annual Mardi Gras bricks as a basic building ma- celebrations that draws thou- terial. • Jalapeno Cheese ROUND sands. New Orleans then would • Bacon Pepper Cheese A tour of the town makes provide the fancy millwork, Gourmet Coffee Enjoy Our World the connection between the hardware and ornamental • Cinnamon Raisin Special Toppings & Sauces Famous two obvious when confronted iron. The result was elegant • Wheat • White with architectural styles and homes that, at first glance, ap- Bonbons & Scones “Sinful Brownie” construction methods, not to peared out of place in the Pecan Pie in a Jar mention decorative additions. rolling hills of northeast Once the Big Cypress was Texas. opened to navigation, trade be- The raised cottage influence 201 W. Austin Street • In Historic Jefferson tween Jefferson and New Or- of New Orleans had reached leans expanded, the latest Jefferson by 1850 at the Blue- www.thebakeryrestaurant.net • (903) 665-BAKE (2253) fashions, foods and design ele- bonnet Farm south of the ments became available. Home riverfront. Soon after, the Sed- builders went looking for berry home was built at the craftsmen who could look at corner of Market and Hender- Chez Lafayette Bed & Breakfast sketches of Greek Revival son streets. In the style of New homes and then build homes Orleans, the raised cottage Located downtown on Historic Lafayette Street with columned porches and home features a double 903-665-3145 four rooms entered from a www.chezlafayette.com common hallway in that style. (See Look, Page 6) [email protected] Pharmacy and Old-Fashioned 1-800-287-0378 • (903) 665-2521 Soda Fountain 109 W. Lafayette • Jefferson, Texas John Taylor, Reg. Ph. • Brian Bates, Reg. Ph. • Unique Collegiate Memorabilia “Best Fresh-Squeezed Limeades” • Authur Court Design Texas Monthly • Tyler Candle Co. ... • Thirstystone Coasters • Tiffany Lamps by Paul Sahlin Since 1953, only one soda fountain has continued to operate in • Unique Picture Frames Jefferson pretty much as it did when it first opened. City Drug has • Redolere Fragrance Lamps been serving generations of Jeffersonians and visitors with the same quality Blue Bell ice cream in our sodas and sundaes, malts and • Leanin’ Tree Cards milkshakes, for almost half a century. Our fresh-squeezed limeades • Shakes, Malts, Colas, Floats have been named “Best in the State” by Texas Monthly magazine, • Fresh Squeezed Limeades and have been served to governors and representatives, the presi- • Film Supplies dent's wife, and thousands of satisfied children of all ages. This is • Crystal & Silver Gifts the soda fountain you remember from your childhood or your par- • Lampe Avenue ents’ childhood. Come to the soda fountain at City Drug, bring your OPEN 7 • Deco Breeze Fans children, and relive a memory - or start one. DAYS A John T. Taylor • Counter Art WEEK! • Large OTC Medical Section Page 4 The Jeffersonian Spring/Summer 2010 Diverse styles reflect history House of the Seasons In 1906, his heirs sold the house for $2,000 to Marion Tay- ne of the most imposing lor Glass, a farmer and grocer. Oand well-known struc- Following his wife’s death in tures in Jefferson is The House 1825, Glass began renting of the Seasons, a three story ex- rooms, reserving only the down- ample of the transition period stairs library for himself. He between Greek Revival and Vic- died in the library of the house torian styles. in 1937. It was built in 1872 by Col. In 1941, the house was sold to Benjamin H. Epperson, a promi- Dr. Walter S. McNutt for $2,500. nent lawyer, political leader, en- He established the Four States trepreneur and confidante of Cooperative University and Jef- Sam Houston. ferson College, conducting The home takes its name classes in the two front parlors from the stained-glass in the and on the front porch. cupola where each color depicts After it was purchased by the a season. Collins Foundation, major Another interesting aspect is restoration took place between the dome which features beauti- 1974 and 1976. Another restora- ful murals. It may be viewed tion was completed in 2004. The original architect of the from the first floor through a House of the Seasons well-like opening. The mural de- house was probably Arthur picts four women holding bas- Gilman of New York City and Boston. The restoration archi- kets of fruit and flowers. has been reconstructed by The Keasler-Blair Haus re- Meriam’s country-style garden. tect was Wayne Bell of Austin, Owned by the Collins Foun- Meriam and Harold Blair to rep- flects its German heritage dur- You are invited to walk the gar- and the interior designer was dation, it is decorated to reflect resent a pre-Civil War Jefferson ing antebellum Jefferson. As an den replete with heirloom Dr. Anna Brightman, dean of the interior design fashions of German home. early middle class immigrant plants rescued from original the School of Interior Design at the 1870s. Many of the furniture As early as 1847, German im- home, it is neither formal nor Jefferson home sites and other the University of Texas in pieces are original to the house, migrants were arriving in Jef- primitive, but of “high-country” Deep East Texas locales. The Austin. purchased from Epperson’s ferson by wagon and steamboat. style. garden is full of long-forgotten daughter, Jeannie, in 1974. Keasler-Blair House Research documents them as The home has painted and plants which have now been Benjamin Epperson died in landowners, merchants, trades- stenciled walls and floors, in identified and nurtured. 1878 in the master bedroom on men and importers/exporters – contrast to those of the more af- With much effort, many of the first floor, which now is a uilt in the 1930s, this Arts even the local confectioner was fluent with their wallpaper and these plants are re-propagated parlor. Band Crafts style house German. fine woods. It is furnished with to the point where they are German clocks, armoires and being shared and reintroduced traveling chests, as well as with in other Jefferson gardens. American-made antiques of the same period. The Manse Handmade rugs and historic textiles bring beauty, warmth and color to the home. It is typi- ocated at 401 East Delta cal of a home built by a period LStreet, the Manse is regis- craftsman who had access to tered as the oldest house in Jef- readily available and affordable ferson. The one-story raised supplies such as high quality cottage is one of the most no- paints, dyes and building mate- table examples of the Greek Re- rials. vival style in East Texas. Having been a favorite during It features an elegantly carved the 2007 Candlelight Tour of sunburst over the entrance, 14- Homes, the Blairs are opening foot ceilings with rich crown their home during the daylight moldings and original heart-of- hours of Pilgrimage. Emphasis pine floors. Originally a two- on this home tour is every facet room home, begun in 1839, the of their 10-year reconstruction Manse is made largely of cy- process.