The Sam Bell Maxey House is a historic house in Paris, Lamar County, Texas. Samuel Bell Maxey, a prominent local attorney and later two-term U.S. senator, built the large two-story house after serving as a major general in the Confederate Army.[3] It is built in the High Victorian Italianate style.

Samuel Bell Maxey House
Sam Bell Maxey House in 2015
Samuel Bell Maxey House is located in Texas
Samuel Bell Maxey House
Samuel Bell Maxey House
Samuel Bell Maxey House is located in the United States
Samuel Bell Maxey House
Samuel Bell Maxey House
Location812 E. Church St.
Paris, Texas
Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built1867 (1867)
Architectural stylePalladian
WebsiteSam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site
NRHP reference No.71000943[1]
TSAL No.8200000426
RTHL No.8208
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 18, 1971
Designated TSHSApril 1976[2]
Designated TSALJanuary 1, 1983
Designated RTHL1962

From 1868 to 1966, the house was the home of Samuel B. Maxey and his family. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lamar County, Texas on March 18, 1971.[4] The house was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1962.[5] Restoration was completed September 1, 1980, and it was opened to the public on a tour basis. On January 1, 2008, the house was transferred from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the Texas Historical Commission and is now operated at the Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site.

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "SAM BELL MAXEY HOUSE STATE HISTORIC SITE". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  3. ^ TSHA Handbook of Texas Online
  4. ^ "NRHP Maxey House". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
  5. ^ "RTHL Maxey House". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
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