Sterne–Hoya House Museum and Library

Sterne–Hoya House
Museum and Library
	Sterne–Hoya House Museum and Library
	Sterne–Hoya House Museum and Library Sterne–Hoya House Museum and Library Sterne–Hoya House Museum and Library (the United States)
Location	211 S. Lanana St.; Nacogdoches, Texas
Coordinates	31°36′03″N 94°39′03″W / 31.600717°N 94.650756°W
Website	Sterne–Hoya House Museum and Library
	Adolphus Sterne House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	Texas State Antiquities Landmark
	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1830
Part of	Sterne-Hoya Historic District (ID92000017)
NRHP reference No.	76002053
TSAL No.	8200000485
RTHL No.	14549
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 13, 1976
Designated CP	February 14, 1992
Designated TSAL	January 1, 1981
Designated RTHL	1977

The Sterne–Hoya House Museum and Library is located at 211 S. Lanana, in the city and county of Nacogdoches, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Nacogdoches County and is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. Davy Crockett was a guest in the house, and Sam Houston was baptized in the house.

History

Adolphus Sterne was an immigrant from Cologne, Germany. During a sojourn through Tennessee, he became friends with Sam Houston. He moved to Nacogdoches in 1826. Sterne became a munitions smuggler during the Fredonian Rebellion. He was a financier of the Texas Revolution. When Texas became a state, Sterne served in both houses of the legislature. In 1830, he built the house at 211 S. Lanana.^[2] Davy Crockett was a guest in the house for two weeks of 1835. Sam Houston was baptized into the Catholic faith in the parlor of this house, thereby meeting the requirements of the Mexican government to settle in Coahuila y Tejas and own property.^[3]^[4]

The house is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame construction on a brick pier foundation. A Victorian porch serves as the entrance. On the same lot, to the rear of the main house, is the servants quarters. Sterne also built a stable, smoke house, hen house and corn crib on the property, but they are no longer there. Sterne made modifications and repairs in the two decades following the home's original construction.^[5]

Charles Hoya was a county surveyor in Nacogdoches, operating the Hoya Land Office Building on the downtown square. His father Joseph T. Von der Hoya was a Prussian immigrant. Hoya, his wife Frances, and his father lived in the house at 211 S. Lanana, which the Hoya family purchased in 1866.^[6]^[7]

Museum

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Nacogdoches County in 1976,^[5] and became a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1977.^[8] The museum and library house many local historic artifacts donated by the Hoyas.^[9]

Hours, admission

Admission is free. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. Tour groups need to book in advance.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ Rochlin, Harriet and Fred (2000). Pioneer Jews: A New Life in the Far West. Mariner Books. ISBN 978-0-618-00196-5.
^ Ramos, Mary G; Reavis, Dick; Vandivier, Kevin (2004). Compass American Guides: Texas. Compass America Guides. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-676-90502-1.
^ Haley, James L (2004). Sam Houston. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 104, 105. ISBN 978-0-8061-3644-8.
^ ^a ^b "NRHP Sterne House". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
^ "Taylor v. Hoya". The Southwestern Reporter. 29. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company: 540–541. 1895.
^ "Sterne—Hoya Historic District". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
^ "RTHL". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Sterne–Hoya". City of Nacogdoches. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

External links

Media related to Sterne-Hoya House Museum and Library at Wikimedia Commons

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[2] Rochlin, Harriet and Fred (2000). Pioneer Jews: A New Life in the Far West. Mariner Books. ISBN 978-0-618-00196-5.

[3] Ramos, Mary G; Reavis, Dick; Vandivier, Kevin (2004). Compass American Guides: Texas. Compass America Guides. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-676-90502-1.

[4] Haley, James L (2004). Sam Houston. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 104, 105. ISBN 978-0-8061-3644-8.

[NRHP-5] "NRHP Sterne House". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

[6] "Taylor v. Hoya". The Southwestern Reporter. 29. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company: 540–541. 1895.

[7] "Sterne—Hoya Historic District". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

[8] "RTHL". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

[Nac-9] "Sterne–Hoya". City of Nacogdoches. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

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