Historic Properties
The rich history of Columbus is definitively Texan. From its early days as the site of Montezuma’s village to serving as the base campsite to General Sam Houston and his troops along the banks of the Colorado River during the Texas Revolution to the days of shootouts in the streets and the rise and fall of cattle drives and cotton, Columbus played an important role shaping in Texas’ rugged history.
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MUSEUMS IN COLUMBUS
War Memorial Museum
Courthouse Square (Corner of Milam and Spring Streets)
Open the last Saturday of the month (March - November) from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Santa Claus Museum
604 Washington St.
Open Fridays from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Dilue Rose Harris House Museum
602 Washington St.
Shown by appointment only. Call 979-732-8385 to schedule a tour.
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Alley Log Cabin & Antique Tool Museum
1224 Bowie St.
Shown by appointment only. Call 979-732-8385 to schedule a tour.
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HISTORICAL PROPERTIES IN COLUMBUS
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Colorado County Courthouse
400 Spring St.
Dilue Rose Harris House Museum
602 Washington St.
Ehrenwerth Ramsey Untermeyer Building
1120 Milam St.
Stafford Opera House
425 Spring St.
Tate Senftenberg Brandon House
616 Walnut St.
The Carriage Step
1118 Prairie St.
Townsend-West Home
634 Spring St.
Water Tower
425 Spring St.
HISTORICAL MARKERS AROUND columbus
- Ben Marshall Baker House | 722 Jackson St.
- Benjamin Beason’s Crossing on the Colorado River | Beason’s Park
- Blue Star Memorial Highway | Courthouse Square
- Brick Store House | 1038 Milam St.
- Brunson Building | 1014 Milam St.
- Caledonia Lodge No. 68 | 1220 Milam St.
- City of Columbus | Corner of Spring and Bowie Sts.
- Colonel Joseph Worthington Elliott Wallace | Columbus Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery
- Colorado County Courthouse | Courthouse Square
- Columbus Church of Christ | 815 Milam St.
- Columbus Oak | Travis St., East of Courthouse
- Columbus Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery | 1500 Montezuma St.
- Columbus State Bank | Corner of Walnut and Milam Sts.
- Columbus Waterworks | East End of Spring St.
- Columbus’ Old City Cemetery | 1300 block of Walnut St.
- Courthouse Square Fountain Restoration | Courthouse Square
- Dilue Rose and Ira Albert Harris House | 602 Washington St.
- District Court Tree | Travis St., East of Courthouse
- Early Site of Dr. Logue’s Drugstore | Corner of Travis and Spring Sts.
- Ehrenwerth-Ramsey-Untermeyer Building | 1120 Milam St.
- Exum Philip Whitefield | Old City Cemetery
- First United Methodist Church of Columbus | 1229 Milam St.
- Frederick Zimmerscheidt | .5 Miles NW on State Highway 71
- George W. Smith | 600 Preston St.
- Hahn House | 903 Front St.
- Hancock-Heller Home | 934 Milam St.
- Harrison-Hastedt House | 236 Preston St.
- Hebrew Benevolence Society Cemetery | Corner of Cardinal Lane and Montezuma St.
- Home of Texas Attorney General George McCormick | 736 Travis St.
- Home of William Christian Papenberg | 900 Bowie St.
- Home Site of Fannie Baker Darden | 726 Walnut St.
- Hunt-Cassell House | 904 Travis St.
- The Isgrig House | 436 Smith St.
- Jesse H. Johnson | 1700 Milam St.
- Joseph V. Frnka | 1035 Front St.
- Keith-Traylor House | 806 Live Oak St.
- Maigne-Walther House | 904 Live Oak St.
- The Montgomery House | 1419 Milam St.
- Old General Store | 936 Milam St.
- Old Stafford Opera House | 425 Spring St.
- Site of Railway Hospital | Corner of Spring and Live Oaks Sts.
- The Rev. Jacob Sherer | St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Highway 90 West
- Robert Henry Harrison, M.D. | 302 Preston St.
- Rosenfield Building | 1004 Milam St.
- Simpson-Williamson House | 630 Milam St.
- Site of the Camp | Corner of Milentz and U.S. 90
- John’s Episcopal Church | 915 Travis St.
- Stafford-Miller House | 423 Spring St.
- Tait Town House | 536 Wallace St.
- Tate-Senftenberg-Brandon Home | 616 Walnut St.
- Toliver-Cone House | 436 Dewees St.
- Townsend-West House | 634 Spring St.
- Tumlinson Family | Colorado County Courthouse
- War Memorial Museum | Corner of Milam and Spring Sts.
- William B. Dewees | Corner of Washington and Bowie Sts.
- William Menefee | Colorado County Courthouse
- William Shelby Delany | 420 Bonham St.
- Youens-Hopkins House | 617 Milam St.