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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
Subject Headings	Texas(Republic)--Capital and capitol--Photographs West Columbia (Tex.)--Building and structures--19th century--Photographs
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
Archival File Path	ARCHIVE\DeGolyer\reproductions\Ag2008-0005\Series4
Digital Collection	Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Library	DeGolyer Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library when using this image file. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.

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