Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The visitor information center (
Click here
)
contains a small, free museum and provides
historic self-walking tour maps both for the old town center and of the Oak Grove
cemetery. Interesting antiques shops occupy many of the old storefronts on Main St.
HOUSE
Sterne-Hoya House
(
www.ci.nacogdoches.tx.us/departments/shmuseum.php
;
211 S Lanana St; 10am-4pm Tue-Sat)
The
Sterne-Hoya House, built in 1828, is a good example of a refined town house of the era,
and was the site of Sam Houston's baptism (sites visited by Sam Houston are the Texas
equivalent of 'George Washington slept here').
Durst-Taylor House & Gardens
(
www.ci.nacogdoches.tx.us/departments/dtmuseum.php
;
304 North St; 10am-4pm Tue-Sat)
Get a
sense of the simple life led by less-affluent farmers at the circa 1830 Durst-Taylor house.
Docents grow gardens appropriate to the period here.
HOUSE
Stone Fort Museum
( 936-468-2408;
www.sfasu.edu/stonefort
; cnr Clark & Griffith Blvds, Stephen F Austin State University;
9am-5pm Mon-Sat, 1-5pm Sun)
Don Antonio Gil Y'Barbo's 1789 stone house subse-
quently served as a grocery store, a saloon and a fortification. Exhibits in the reconstruc-
ted 'fort' serve as an overview of east Texas history.
MUSEUM
HISTORIC SITE
Millard's Crossing
( 936-564-6631;
www.millardscrossing.org
;
6020 North St; tour adult/child $6/5; 9am-4pm Mon-Sat, 1-4pm
Sun; )
Tour a slightly ragtag collection of 12 old buildings dating from 1820 to 1905, in-
cluding a schoolhouse and a log cabin. Weekends, hands-on activities include plowing and
writing with a quill pen.
Festivals
Azalea Trail
(
www.nacogdochesazaleas.com
)
The month of March is an azalea extravaganza, with three differ-
ent mapped routes to follow and events like home tours, plant sales and downtown shop-
ping strolls. Check with the visitor center to estimate when blooms will peak.
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