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Dotson-King House
Union Baptist Church
Dotson-King House
In October 1862, Lucy VanDuzen Culberson Dotson (known as ‘L.V.’) and her husband, James B. Dotson, purchased the land at 312 North Walnut Street and built their home. Hopes and dreams for their lives and that of their 18 month old daughter Lula would be short-lived, however. The spring of 1863 found Dotson fighting with Company K of the 7th Texas Infantry.
Heron House
Union Baptist Church
Dotson-King House
The Heron House, a cottage located in the northwestern section of the Alley Addition, was built in the early 1880s in the late Greek Revival style. It has been renovated extensively throughout the years. The beaded board walls are from the earliest days while the white oak flooring and fireplace mantle with tiling in the parlor are indicative of the 1920s.
Union Baptist Church
Union Baptist Church
Union Baptist Church
This church site was given to local slaves in 1842 by the first settlers in Jefferson including Captain William Perry. In 1847, the original slave congregation built a church structure on the site, known as the African Church. It is possible that this congregation was the first Black congregation in Texas and that the original church was the first built by slaves in Texas.
Culberson House
Enchanted Forest
Union Baptist Church
The home, located at 403 N. Walnut Street, was built in the early 1860s by Col. David Browning Culberson, Jr. Originally from Georgia and Alabama, the Culberson family had moved to East Texas via wagon train and had settled in Jefferson with his wife Eugenia Kimball in 1861, where he continued his practice of law.
Enchanted Forest
Enchanted Forest
Enchanted Forest
Stroll through 115 Decorated and Lighted Christmas Trees at no charge. Various individuals, families, businesses and organizations decorate these endearing trees in support of the Jefferson Lions Club.
The Enchanted Forest is located in Lions Park at 502 E. Jefferson Street.