Samuel Bell Maxey House
State Historic Site
Paris, Texas

Home of General Sam Bell Maxey

812 S. Church Street.
Paris, Texas

National Register of Historic Places
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

Paris, Texas - Samuel Bell Maxey House State Historic Site

Sam Bell Maxey House, c. 1869
Photo courtesy TXDoT

Open Tuesday to Sunday.
Tuesday-Saturday: Tours 9am - 3pm
Sunday: Tours 10am - 3pm
All tours begin on the hour with the last tour beginning at 3 pm.
Closed Monday.
903-785-5716.

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Historical Marker:

Home of Sam Bell Maxey

Native Kentuckian, West Point graduate, brevetted for gallantry in Mexican war, district attorney from Lamar County, Major General C. S. A. in Tennessee and Mississippi campaigns, commander of Indian Territory 1863-1865 organizing three brigades of Indians which participated in Red River Campaign, Cavalry division commander, U. S. Senator 1875-1887. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1962

Sam Bell Maxey House
Photo courtesy TXDoT

Sam Bell Maxey by Nolan Maxie

United States Senator and Confederate General
Born: Tompkinsville, Kentucky on March 30, 1825.
Died: Eureka Springs, Arkansas, in August of 1895.
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Samuel Bell Maxey House State Historic Site Paris, Texas

Home of Sam Bell Maxey

Samuel Bell Maxey House
State Historic Site
Paris, Texas