Historic Cemetery

Luce Cemetery

3743 Erie St, Houston, Texas 77017
Location: Driving Directions:The cemetery is Located on Temple-Inland’s North Boggy Slough Hunting Club. From SH 7/FM 227 intersection in Ratcliff, go approx. 5.8 miles east on SH 7, turn right onto FSR 511 and go 0.9 mile south. Turn left at gate (Luce Cemetery signs are posted just inside gate) and go 0.25 mile northeast and west.This cemetery is moderately endangered. It is not a map feature and is located behind locked gate on Temple-Inland's North Boggy Slough Hunting Club. The cemetery is fully fenced and maintained. There are cemetery signs posted at entrance on Forest Service Road 511. One sign announces "Luce Homecoming: Last Sunday in September." Cemetery features include a pavilion, an outhouse, and many homemade concrete and fieldstone markers. Several of the concrete markers are damaged or fallen.

Source: RIP Fields Table

To address the problem of cemetery destruction and to record as many cemeteries as possible, the Texas Historical Commission offers the Historic Texas Cemetery designation.

The Historic Texas Cemetery designation was developed in 1998 to help protect historic cemeteries by recording cemetery boundaries in county deed records to alert present and future owners of land adjacent to the cemetery of its existence. Every county in Texas has at least one cemetery designated as a Historic Texas Cemetery through this program. The HTC designation is the first step toward preservation of a historic cemetery.

A cemetery is eligible for designation if it is at least 50 years old and is deemed worthy of recognition for its historical associations. The very nature of a cemetery being a landmark of a family’s or community’s presence is considered to validate the criteria of historical associations. Any individual, organization, or agency may submit a request for designation.

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