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LA GRANGE, TEXAS. La Grange, the county seat of
Fayette County, is on the Colorado River and State Highways 71 and 159, U.S.
Highway 77, and the Union Pacific Railroad in the central part of the county
some sixty-three miles southeast of Austin. It is at the site where La Bahía
Road crossed the Colorado River. Aylett C. Buckner settled in the vicinity
about 1819, and in 1826 John Henry Moore built a twin blockhouse within what
are now the city limits; he named it Moore's Fort. Area settlers sought
shelter there from Indian attacks, and by 1831 a small community had
developed around the fort. A town was platted in 1837, and when the Congress
of the Republic of Texas established Fayette County that year, La Grange
became its seat of government.
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Brendan Manor Bed
& Breakfast |
The Bradshaw-Killough home is located at 345
E. Travis street in La Grange, directly across the street from Travis
Street Methodist Church which the family attended. The original
structure was built by General James Shannon Mayfield in 184?, just a
few years after Colonel John H. Moore established the town of LaGrange
which the Congress of the Republic of Texas designated as the county
seat of the new county of Fayette.
website:
www.brendanmanor.com
Telephone: 866-658-1100 |
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Halsted Haus |
Halsted Haus is a Victorian three-story home
built in 1894. There are porches on the first and second floors so you
can get into a good book or nap in a rocking chair. The main house has
central air and heat on first and second floors. Exquisite oak antiques
fill each room, and each bedroom has high back antique beds. There is a
television in the downstairs hallway, the parlor, and the upstairs
hallway, all are equipped with Dish Network®.
website:
www.halstedhaus.com
Telephone: 979 249 6383 |
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