Goodman Home, 1857

Begun in 1857 by Gallatin Smith as Bonnie Castle, the home was bought in 1866 by Dr. S.A. Goodman. It was enlarged by his son, Major W.J. Goodman, a surgeon in the 13th Texas Infantry, C.S.A., and remodeled in the 1920's by Mrs. Sallie Goodman LeGrand, the Major's last survivor. It was willed to the city of Tyler in 1939, has housed the Smith County Historical Society Museum since 1960, and was restored in 1964 by the Junior League of Tyler.

Tyler, Texas · United States