Historic Jefferson Foundation | Projects

In just over two decades the Foundation has accomplished much to preserve Jefferson's glorious past.

January 2022, Laura Omer presents Bob Thomas HJF's $500 donation to the City of Jefferson for the WINDOWS INTO HISTORY project.

• Achieved designation of The Steamboat Wharf as a Texas Archaeological Landmark.
• Maintained, beautified, and lighted Sterne Fountain.
• Acquired space and created Thomas Jefferson Park.
• Acquired and restored the Jefferson Ordnance Magazine (aka-Confederate Powder Magazine) and arranged its listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
• Obtained a portion of the Robert and Harriet Potter Historical Site to assure its preservation.
• Commissioned Jacques Bagur, a professional researcher, to write a history of Jefferson's Golden Era (1841-1874).
• Employed the University of Houston's Center for Historic Architecture to survey Jefferson's Historic Structures.

January 28, 2022, Historic Jefferson Foundation completes lighting improvements at Jefferson's Sterne Fountain.

January 2017, Historic Jefferson Foundation relocates the Jefferson Ordnance Magazine preserving and saving the JOM from being lost to riverbank erosion.

• Worked with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to locate and excavate the original sites of early Steamboat Wharves.
• Arranged field trips from the University of Houston and Texas A & M University to evaluate structures to be included in the Historic American Building Survey.
• Co-sponsored an investigation, which led to the location and identification of the last autonomous Caddo Indian Village.
• Founded the annual Christmas Candlelight Tour of Homes®.
• Took over publication and management of The Jeffersonian, Marion County's official tourism publication.
• Continues to financially support historic restoration projects of other organizations.