Details for The Brooks House
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5315008018
Data
| Marker Number | 8018 |
| Atlas Number | 5315008018 |
| Marker Title | The Brooks House |
| Index Entry | Brooks House |
| Address | 208 Vale St. |
| City | Jefferson |
| County | Marion |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 373943 |
| UTM Northing | 3625038 |
| Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings; Victorian (architectural term); inns, hotels, motels |
| Marker Year | 1971 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 14" x 24" |
| Marker Text | 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. |