Walker County History
Presented by the Walker County Historical Commission
The Commission
Walker County Historical
Commission
1301 Sam Houston Ave.
Rm. 218
Huntsville, TX 77340
(Courthouse Annex)
Telephone
(936) 435-2497
WCHC Online
Send email
Meetings
3rd Monday of each month
5:30 P.M.
(except June & August)
Walker County Museum
Museum
Gibbs-Powell Home
1228 11 St. at Avenue M
Huntsville, TX
Hours
Tues-Fri 12-5 PM
Sat 12-4 PM
Commission meetings,
and by appointment
Telephone
(936) 435-2497
(936) 291-9726
Tours
(936) 291-3581
(leave message)
(936) 291-5931
(Statue Visitors Center)
Archives and Research
The Historical Commission maintains extensive archives of important documents, photographs and other information on the history of Walker County at its office at the Walker County Annex, 301 Sam Houston Ave, Room 22, Huntsville, Texas.
If you are interested in doing research in our archives, please send us a message or call the office at (936) 435-2497 afternoons. The Commission can do limited local historical file research. Please contact us for details.
Significant Research by the Commission
The Commission has done research and made contributions to:
- Handbook of Texas
- Images of the Past, A Pictorial History of Walker County - Home of Sam Houston
- Huntsville -- Images of America by Dr. Jeff Littlejohn of Sam Houston State University
The Commission can perform limited local historic file search by request. Please contact the Commission for details.