Home of Lt. Gov. George D. Neal

The plaque gives the offices; the Handbook of Texas fills in the road to them. Neal's father, Dr. Thomas W. Neal, practiced medicine at Washington-on-the-Brazos after the family's 1866 move. The son studied a year at the University of Texas, worked briefly as deputy county clerk of Austin County, and read law before his admission at Bellville. He entered the Senate in 1896 to finish W. P. McComb's term, represented the Fifteenth District in three legislatures, and was president pro tem in 1901. The house is a private residence.

What the plaque says

Home of Lt. Gov. George D. Neal (Oct. 7, 1853 - July 13, 1916) Born in Amelia County, Va. The Neal Family moved to Washington County, Texas, in 1866. Neal, after attending Baylor University, was admitted to the Bar in 1876. He married Fannie C. Brooks in Oct. 1880, moved to Navasota in 1881, and purchased this residence in 1883. The couple had 3 children. Neal served as county judge, 1884-86; city attorney, 1888-96; and as a State Senator, 1896-1902. He was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1902 and 1904, serving with Gov. S. W. T. Lanham. Neal retired from politics in 1907 and returned here to practice law. (1974)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Navasota — 0.3 mi
  A railroad and cotton town where the La Bahia Road crossed the Navasota River, scarred by an 1865 explosion and yellow fever, and the home ground of the songster Mance Lipscomb.
• Star of the Republic Museum — 6.0 mi
  A star-shaped museum of the Republic of Texas years, 1836 to 1846, built at Washington-on-the-Brazos after a Brenham campaign and opened on March 1, 1970.
• Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site — 6.0 mi
  The townsite on the Brazos where delegates met in a cold, unfinished hall in March 1836 to declare Texas independent, with Independence Hall rebuilt and Anson Jones's Barrington farm worked as in 1850.
• Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site — 9.0 mi
  A cedar-log dogtrot cabin of 1834 on the road through Anderson that grew into a seventeen-room inn and post office for travelers of the Republic, kept by one family until 1976.

More markers nearby

• First Baptist Church of Navasota — steps away
• First United Methodist Church of Navasota — steps away
• Saint Paul's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi
• Site of Freeman Inn — 0.3 mi