[First Capitol of the Republic of Texas]
Rating
Title
[First Capitol of the Republic of Texas]
Creator
Beach , F . E .
Date
ca. 1885
Decade
1880-1889
Part Of
Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection
Series
Series 4: Texas Locations and People
Place
West Columbia , Brazoria County , Texas
Notes
Verso : [stamped] First Capitol of Texas . This is the First Capitol of the Republic of Texas . The house was built sometime in the year 1833 , over sixty-five years ago , and was first occupied as a residence . The first Congress met there on October 3rd , 1836 , and the following June moved to Houston . The house is one and one-half stories high , plastered on the inside , and has three rooms below and one above . It was in this house that General Sam Houston entertained foreign diplomats , and around this house the Texas patriots once trod . It is situated in West Columbia , Brazoria County , at the end of the old avenue leading out of the present town of Columbia . Over the said avenue the Texas soldiers marched to Mexico's Waterloo , the Battle of San Jacinto , and over it the victorious Texans returned to the infant Capitol of the Republic . Near by is a sacred spot in which it is said lies buried over 300 Texan soldiers , and from some of their crumbling and time-stained monuments you can read this inscription ; "One of the Original Three Hundred. " All of their graves are neatly kept by the efforts of the fair ladies of Columbia . In front of the Capitol is the Independence Tree of Texas , as shown in another photograph . These photographs can be bought for 25 cents each , prepaid from J . W . Morris , Alvin Texas , who owns negatives and has applied for Copy right . Mail orders filled at once . Agents wanted everywhere to sell these photographs ; good commission given . This is the last photograph taken of the building . I certify that this is a correct photograph of the First Capitol of the Republic of Texas , as it now stands in West Columbia . Given under my hand , this 31st day of December 1897 . J . P . Taylor , Justice of the Peace , Precinct No . 2 , Brazoria Co. , Texas . [stamped] F . E . Beach , Photographer , 409 Travis St . Houston , Tex .
Related Resources
MARC record : http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2777978 Finding aid : http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00085/smu-00085.html
Keywords
capitols ; buildings ; visual arts ; Texas ; U.S . West ; Southwest
Physical Description
1 photographic print on cabinet card ; 17 x 11 cm .
Form/Genre
Cabinet photographs Photographs
Type
Image
Digitization Date
Digitized: 2008
Digital Format
Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution
Archival scan : 800 ppi
Digitization Process
Digitization process: archival files scanned at 800 ppi; derivative cropped, contrast levels and/or color balance optimized, and resized at 300 ppi in Photoshop; derivatives from both sides merged into single file
Physical Location
Series 4 ; Box 1 ; Folder 5
Call Number
Ag2008.0005
Upload File Name
ag2008_0005_4_1_5_16_c_capitol_sm_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
ag2008_0005_4_1_5_16_r_capitol.tif ; ag2008_0005_4_1_5_16_r_capitol_sm.tif ; ag2008_0005_4_1_5_16_v_capitol.tif ; ag2008_0005_4_1_5_16_v_capitol_sm.tif
Digital Collection
Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
Central University Libraries , Southern Methodist University
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library , Southern Methodist University when using this file . A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu .
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