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The Brooks House |
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208 Vale St., Jefferson,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 45' 21.57914000016",
-94° 20' 44.4272299998"
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Texas State Historical Marker |
Built 1872 in Victorian style, with long galleries, bay window, 4 gables. Then a hotel, it became famous when guest Diamond Bessie Moore was killed west of town at a picnic in 1877. Fellow guest Abe Rothchild, cited for murder, was freed after sensational trial-- later subject of a drama.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
The Brooks House Historical Marker Location Map, Jefferson, Texas
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