Historical Sites
Beeville and Bee County

10 - COMMUNITY OF NORMANNA  << Full List >> 12 - PAPALOTE CREEK

11 - THE CAMP EZELL HOUSE

1313 W. Flournoy, Beeville

A settler’s “box” home, board-and-batten construction. Lumber is Florida long-leaf pine from a house torn down in Old Saint Mary’s by Robert A. Ezell. Has three chimneys; one served as flue for dining room fireplace and kitchen stove. Food was prepared on both. EzelI (1845-1936), a stone mason, built at this creek site in 1892. His wife, Sarah Jane, daughter of the influential legislator L. B. Camp, was born at Mission San Jose, San Antonio. Six of the Ezells’ sons had popular orchestra 1896 to 1904. Present owners, Camp and Helen EzeIl.

Footnote: Following the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Ezell, the house has been empty for several years and, unfortunately, the marker itself has been vandalized, with the bottom half removed and stolen by unknown thieves. The present owners are Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hodgkiss, who also purchased and remodeled the house next door at 1201 W. Flournoy St., which once belonged to Camp EzeIl’s sister, Mrs. Sally Ezell Colvin.
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