Sterne-Hoya House


The Sterne-Hoya House, built in 1830, is a good example of a refined town house of the era, and was the site of Sam Houston's baptism (sites visited by Sam Houston are the Texas equivalent of 'George Washington slept here'). It's in a genteel neighborhood just east of downtown.


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