Historical Marker
Old Livery Stable
Marker installed: 1968
Near Trammel's Trace, a road charted 1813, used by thousands of settlers migrating to Texas.
Site was owned 1868 by D. B. Culberson, later a congressman and a lawyer for defense in the Diamond Bessie murder trial.
Culberson's 2-story building here was original site for the Chesterfield Club, East Texas' elite social group, 1870s-1930s.
Present structure, built about 1900, housed horses and buggies for public hire until auto age.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1968.
The Battle of San Jacinto fought on April 21, 1836, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution, and led to the capture of Santa Anna and the end of the conflict.