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RV Space. Live music. Neese Hill SH, Warrenton get directions. Danny Spencer Video get directions Food Vendors. Marlene Rooks get directions Website Pick-up area. He ran stores, built a cotton gin and became the first postmaster. The town was nearly called Neeseville.

Warren Ligon was Neese's neighbor and when the time came to officially name the town, each wanted it named after the other. Thankfully they decided in Ligon's favor and then defied convention by using his first name, otherwise we'd be writing about Ligonburg. The Neese Home, years after it was built remains Warrenton's finest. As beautiful as it is, it has a tragic story. Neese built it for his family who watched the construction from their rather primitive cabin.

Just a few years after its completion, William Neese was killed by a burgler in his store. Neese is buried in the Drawe Cemetery near Warrenton. Just ten years before Neese's arrival, the land's original owner John Robison had been killed by Indians about one mile from where the house sits today. Although it has little to do with Warrenton, we include the story of Santa Anna's Vest here since it became a well-used artifact throughout the region.

McGown, C. Letzerich, Friedr. Oetken, Rev. Near Warrenton is what is known as the smallest Catholic Church in the world [ St. Martin ]. Services are still held twice yearly Today, it has several antique shops, restaurants, stores and bars. The town now has a Lutheran church on State Highway northeast of Warrenton. The Warrenton Antique Show has grown from a small weekend gathering to a multi-square mile, two week extravaganza.

Nathaniel Townsend came to Texas in He hired James Stephens to build this house, which was finally completed in the late s, following the Texas Revolution and Townsend's service as Republic of Texas consul in New Orleans. German immigrant Heinrich Bremer purchased it in , and it remained in his family until A rare example of Republic of Texas-era architecture, the house exhibits Greek revival influences.