Details for McAdams Homeplace
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5471008465
Data
| Marker Number | 8465 |
| Atlas Number | 5471008465 |
| Marker Title | McAdams Homeplace |
| Index Entry | McAdams Homeplace |
| Address | |
| City | |
| County | Walker |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 234702 |
| UTM Northing | 3407091 |
| Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings |
| Marker Year | |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | From Huntsville take SH 75 NW approx. 3 miles to FM 1696; then W on FM 1696 approx. 7.5 miles to McAdams Cemetery (Homeplace is opposite the road from the cemetery). |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | John McAdams, III (1815-92), a veteran of the Texas Revolution and the Republic of Texas Army, moved to present Walker County from the Sabine District. He and his first wife Hester White (1818-49) built this home in the 1840s. He later wed Mary Frances Bankhead (1834-1905). A land speculator, planter, and rancher, he also ran a cotton gin and sawmill. The area around his land became known as McAdams community. A post office was located there from 1888 to 1917. The family cemetery is now a public burial ground. In 1968 the house was moved here from the original site (1 mi. E). |