The Terry-McKinnon House was built in the 1880s by cotton factor S.D. Rainey. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a recorded Texas Historic Landmark. It was purchased by Ted and Kay McKinnon in 1995 and has been extensively renovated while maintaining the architectural integrity. It has original light fixtures from the 1800s which have been converted from gas to electricity in the entryway. The dining room has the original hand-beaded walls and the staircase has a beautiful walnut banister which is original to the house. Both floors of the home will
be open for touring.

Thomas Ownes Alley, the son of Jefferson's co-founder, Daniel Alley, built this home in 1859 for Steamboat Captain James M. Tucker and his wife. W.T. Atkins, a local banker and owner of the Jefferson Iron Co. following his service in the Civil War, purchased the home in 1892. In the 1920s, the home was turned into apartments to accommodate local workers. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, the home changed hands, and in 1961 Mrs. Nettie Mae Lemmons and her son bought it and added the kitchen and laundry room. The current owners of the home are Lou & Mary Castleman, who fully restored the Atkins House.

This historic Houston Street Victorian cottage was situated near the ferry landing that brought riches to early Jefferson. The first known owners in 1851 were John M. and Nancy Dollehite. A distinguished occupant, Mrs. Ernesting Sterne, served as postmaster in Jefferson from 1872-1875. The house was restored by Mrs. Katherine R. Wise.

The Hileman House is a Victorian Cottage that was built in 1851 by Issac Pensky, a Jewish merchant in Jefferson. At the time, it mirrored Wise Manor next door. Mrs. Nellie Jackson bought the house in 1940 and made the changes to convert it into a boarding house. The house changed hands, until in 1973 Tony and Mary Hileman bought the house from a Mrs. Williams and restored it using all original woodwork and doors. Mr. Hileman was the Marion County District Attorney at the time. The Hile-mans raised three children in the home, where Mary Hileman continues to live.