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HISTORICAL MARKERS GUIDE: BRAZORIA COUNTY

Varner, The, 1835

West Columbia

Year Marker Erected: 1964
Size: Medallion & Plate
Repairs: Poor; Refinish - contact park for removal from building
Location: Varner State Park, north of West Columbia on Park Road

Marker Text:
Last home of James Stephen Hogg, first native Texan to be elected governor. Located on an 1824 Spanish land grant made to Martin Varner. House built by sugar planter C. R. Patton. Restored 1920. Given to the State, 1958, by Miss Ima Hogg.