Details for R. B. S. Foster Home
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5185008579
Data
| Marker Number | 8579 |
| Atlas Number | 5185008579 |
| Marker Title | R. B. S. Foster Home |
| Index Entry | Foster, R. B. S., Home |
| Address | 7827 US 90 |
| City | Navasota |
| County | Grimes |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 782969 |
| UTM Northing | 3368526 |
| Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings |
| Marker Year | 1968 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | from the intersection of SH 6 and SH 90 (East Navasota) take SH 90 approximately 1.5 miles. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | medallion and text plate |
| Marker Text | Early Texas plantation home in architectural style of the Atlantic states. Malcolm Camp, wealthy cotton planter, built this structure in 1859, with lumber hauled from East Texas sawmills. High-ceilinged rooms are very large. Formal dining room in sandstone-lined cellar was unique. Had detached kitchen. Purchased 1883 by a leading local citizen, R.B.S. Foster (1848-1889), this was birthplace of his three children-- Georgia, Robert F. and Nettie Rose. So stable is this locality that home was continuously occupied until 1966 by Fosters or their agents. |