Judge Calvin Maple Cureton TX11826

Born in Bosque County of a noted pioneer family.  A legislator (1909-13); first Assistant Attorney General (1913-18); Attorney General (1918-21).  As Chief Justice (1921-40) Texas Supreme Court, recorded longest service in court's first century.

With wife Nora (Morris), built this house in 1928.

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West-Bremond Cottage TX11815
Built as servants' quarters about 1872, this "Shotgun" house stood at 604 San Antonio near the home of Charles S. West (1829-1885), lawyer and Texas Supreme Court Justice.  In 1885 banker Eugene Bremond (1832-1910) acquired it.  Emma Grant West (1865-1952), whose husband Robert died in 1904, bought the cottage in 1906 and moved it here for rent property.  She sold it in 1925 to a teacher, Miss Katie Gannaway (1890-1967).  It was purchased in 1973 and restored by attorney Byron Lockhart.

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Philquist-Wood House TX11806

Sweden native Sven Axel Philquist, local district clerk and later clerk of the Texas Supreme Court, hired Swedish builder F. Oscar Blomquist to build this family home in 1912.  Following several subsequent owners, grocer Sam Wood purchased the house in 1943; it remained in the Wood family for more than 50 years.  Today, the home exhibits its original detailing as a transitional hybrid, with influences of the queen anne, colonial revival and craftsman styles.  The interior features an inclenook, and the exterior details include paired box columns, tripartite window groupings, dormers and gables.

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First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Austin TX11800
In 1853, missionary Rev. E.B. Crisman formally organized the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Austin. Members met in a frame building at 7th and Lavaca streets until 1892, when they replaced it with a stone structure. In 1906, a dispute over a church merger that led all the way to the Texas Supreme Court forced the Cumberland members to move and turn their building over the the Presbyterian USA Church. Eight years later, through elder R.M. Castleman, the congregation was able to buy back its building. Around 1950, members built a new sanctuary at this location. The First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Austin celebrated its 150th year in 2003.

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Peter Turney 2E10
1/8 mile N.W. are ruins of the antebellum home of Peter Turney (1827-1903). Organizer and commander of the 1st Tennessee Infantry CSA until wounded; member of State Supreme Court, 1876-86; chief justice, 1886-1893; governor, 1893-97. The house was burned by Federals in 1863, in reprisal for his secessionist activities.

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Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor TX6004
ROBERT EMMETT BLEDSOE BAYLOR
(1793-1873)

R.E.B. Baylor, for whom Baylor University is named, was a prominent leader in diverse arenas of public service: military, judicial, political, educational, fraternal and religious. A Kentucky native, he served in the War of 1812 and the Creek Indian War, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Following successes in law and politics in Kentucky and Alabama, he moved to Texas in 1839 and taught school at La Grange, later settling at Gay Hill (7 mi.W), where he built his home, Holly Oak. Baylor was judge of the Third Judicial District and associate justice of the Republic of Texas Supreme Court, 1841-45. He continued as district judge during statehood, retiring in 1863. A Mason, he was Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Texas. It was perhaps as a Baptist leader that Baylor received his greatest recognition. Converted to Christianity in 1839, he helped found the Texas Baptist Education Society in 1841. With W.M. Tryon and J.G. Thomas, he worked to start a Baptist university. Chartered in 1845 as Baylor University, it opened at Independence the following year and included a female department later chartered separately as Baylor Female College. Baylor served as a trustee for both institutions and taught law classes, accepting no pay for teaching. Judge R.E.B. Baylor died on Dec. 30, 1873, with burial here on the Windmill Hill campus. The university moved to Waco in 1886, and in 1917, reburial of his remains occurred at Baylor Female College (now Mary Hardin-Baylor University) in Belton. This marker commemorates the judge's productive years here, from which his influence spread worldwide and is still in evidence today.

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Annesdale Park Subdivision 4E92
Developed as an exclusive neighborhood in 1903 by Brinkley Snowden and T.O. Vinton, Annesdale Park was the first subdivision in the South planned upon metropolitan lines. It was considered an important display of confidence in the city's future. Early residents included Tennessee Governor Malcolm R. Patterson and State Supreme Court Justice Arthur S. Buchanan.

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Thomas Kemmerson 1A92
Born in Brunswick County, Virginia, June 23, 1773. Moved to Knoxville in 1800 where he practiced law. First mayor of Knoxville, judge on Superior Court and State Supreme Court. Charter member of Board of Trustees of East Tennessee College, now the University of Tennessee, and one of the founders of Knoxville Female Academy. Settled on a farm near Jonesborough and was editor of the Washington Republican and Farmer's Journal. He died July 22, 1837, and is buried 100 yards north.

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First Presbyterian Church NC-H-100
Organized 1816. Site of Constitutional Convention of 1835. State Supreme Court met here, 1831-40, after Capitol fire. This building completed 1900.

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Burke Courthouse NC-N-34
Built of local cut stone, ca. 1835, by James Binnie. August terms of State Supreme Court held here 1847-61. Raided by Union force 1865. Remodled 1901.

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