Historical Marker
Old "Red" House
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County · Texas
Erected 1936
The Red House was the headquarters of Col. Jose de las Piedras, commander of the Twelfth Permanent Battalion. In the Battle of Nacogdoches, August 2-3, 1832, Piedras placed troops in the Stone House, a church and the Red House. Texan militia drove Mexican cavalry off near the Red House and took the Stone House in house-to-house fighting, and Piedras left in the night. He surrendered the next day and was later paroled. The Handbook of Texas also calls it the former officers' quarters of the battalion, and the University of Nacogdoches used it as its first home.
What the plaque says
Old "Red" House On this site stood...Headquarters of Colonel Jose de las Piedras, commander of the Mexican garrison in Nacogdoches, 1827-1839. The property, after the Texas Revolution, of General Thomas J. Rusk. Served as classrooms for the University of Nacogdoches, 1845-1852.
Where it stands
31.60302, -94.65609 · Directions
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