General Sam Houston's Original Gravestone - Photograph

Item

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection is made up of twenty-five black and white photographs, a Sam Houston Normal Institute Diploma, a Sam Houston Normal Institute Commencement program, and a signed pillow cover from Lula Myrtle Teague Cox's childhood.

Dates

Creation: 1904 - 1906
Creation: 1914

Biographical / Historical

General Sam Houston died in 1863 and is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in Huntsville, Texas. Houston's original gravesite was decorated with a tall oval gravestone inside a white picket fence lot.

In 1911, his original gravestone was replaced with a ten-foot-high granite monument carved by Popeo Coppini. The monument depicts a bas-relief of Houston on horseback flanked by allegorical figures and a quote by Andrew Jackson, "The world will take care of Houston's fame." The back of the memorial provides a list of Houston's achievements.

Extent

1 Photographic Prints (In a clear archival sleeve in box 1.) : Black and white matted photograph. The matte is light grey. Handwriting in cursive and pencil.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Description

The black and white matted photograph is of General Sam Houston's original gravestone inside a white picket fence lot. The matte is light grey, and on the back is "Huntsville" in cursive and pencil.