he Sam Houston Memorial Museum complex is located on the site of the homestead of General Sam Houston. In 1905, faculty and students of Sam Houston State University organized a drive to purchase A Katy & E. Don Walker, Sr. Museum Tthe land. With community support the museum grew, and in 1936 Education Center Parking the state legislature granted funds to build the rotunda building B Memorial Museum that now houses the main collection of Houston memorabilia. C Steamboat House A The Katy & E. Don Walker, Sr. Education Center serves as D Houston Family’s H the front door to the museum complex. All guests should park Woodland Home I there and start their visit from this location. The center houses a E Eliza’s Kitchen J K C gallery with changing exhibits and an auditorium where visitors F Sam Houston’s law office are introduced to Sam Houston through a brief film. G Guerrant Family Cabin From the lower level of the Education Center, follow the H Exhibit Hall gravel walk through the woods to the museum grounds. The I Joshua’s Blacksmith Forge D complex is built on a portion of the former Houston farm and J Raven’s pottery and G features the Woodland Home, built by Sam Houston and his Glassblowing Shop F wife Margaret in 1848. This was the family residence during K Barn L L E much of the time he spent in the U.S. Senate. Four of his eight L Demonstration Cabins children were born here. The Law Office, located next to the Handicap Entrances home, was the center of Texas politics in the early days of the Picnic Areas Texas frontier.
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The kitchen is a replica of the original that once served the The Memorial Houston family, and was entirely handmade by museum crafts- Museum building, the Visitor Information men, utilizing pioneer materials and construction techniques. large brick building The Woodland Home and the Steamboat House The Steamboat House was built by Dr. Rufus Bailey in the with the rotunda and are open during regular hours for self-guided tours. Special group 1850s and is the house where Houston came to live after resign- dome, houses the per- tours may be arranged by reservation with the museum staff. ing the Governorship in 1861. He died in the house in 1863, manent exhibits of the Admission is free; donations are appreciated. Restroom facilities and his funeral was conducted from the upstairs parlor. The museum, including the are located in the Memorial Museum, the Education Center and house was moved to the museum park from its original site and largest collection of the Exhibit Hall. All buildings are handicapped accessible. restored in 1936 as part of the Texas Centennial. Houston artifacts and The Exhibit Hall contains artifacts and displays on 19th memorabilia to be seen Hours: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. daily excluding Mondays and century life, including Temple Houston’s collection of Indian anywhere. Be sure to look for Houston’s leopard-skin vest and the holidays. Noon – 4:30 p.m. Sunday. artifacts. saddle captured from General Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. Sam Houston Memorial Museum Guide to Museum Grounds
Other Huntsville Attractions:
Sam Houston Memorial Museum Huntsville State Park & 1402 19th Street Lone Star Hiking Trail Exit #109 Interstate 45 Sam Houston Statue & Visitor Center Sam Houston State University Highway 75 South. Sam Houston Avenue Exit 109 or 112 on I-45. The Blue Lagoon Historic Downtown Huntsville FM 247 North
The Sam Houston Memorial Museum Texas Prison Museum Raven Nest Golf Course 491 Hwy 75 North 457 I-45 South is part of Sam Houston State University and is dedicated to H.E.A.R.T.S. Veterans Museum J. Phillip Gibbs, Jr. preserving the memory of Sam Houston (1793-1863) and West Hill Mall on Highway 30 Center for the Performing Arts 1023 12th Street Gibbs-Powell House Museum his times. A soldier, statesman, politician, and the only (was built in 1862) Walking and Driving Tours 1228 11th Street of Huntsville man to serve as governor of two states, Sam Houston led Tours available at the Huntsville-Walker Samuel Walker Houston County Chamber of Commerce, 1327 11th St. the fight for Texas’ Independence. He then served as Cultural Center and Wall of Faces 1604 10th Street Oakwood Cemetery & Sam Houston Grave President of the Republic of Texas, United States Senator 9th Street and Avenue I and Governor of Texas. The museum complex is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily and noon to 4:30 p.m. Sundays, excluding Mondays and holidays. For more information concerning tours and programs please call Hand drawn plan of Sam Houston’s Woodland Home and out buildings (936) 294-1832 or write Sam Houston Memorial Museum, done in 1928 by Fannie Bush Leigh who had lived there as a child. Box 2057-SHSU, Huntsville, Texas 77341-2057. Sam Houston Memorial Museum www.samhouston.memorial.museum Box 2057-SHSU Huntsville, Texas 77341-2057