McCall Law Office
14264 Liberty St., Montgomery Texas 77356
This building was Judge Nathaniel Hart Davis’ law office, built in 1845. This frame structure was first used for not only his law office but it also served as his living quarters. Many young attorneys read law here under Judge Davis' supervision. From 1848 to 1854 the structure was also the meeting place for the Mayor and Montgomery City Council, and later was used as a school.
Post Office and Continued History
Additionally, It served as a U.S. Post Office from 1923 to 1936. It is a reminder of Montgomery's early days, and was r3ecorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1967.
The mail cabinet with mail slots are still in this building, as well as a lot of Judge Davis’ law books, a desk, and an chair. The interior of this office was the set for a scene in the Sam Houston: American Statesman, Soldier and Pioneer 3-hour documentary that was aired as a mini-series on PBS in Texas and Tennessee. The scene was when Governor Sam Houston sat in his office whittling while the Texas Legislature was upstairs voting on whether to succeed from the Union and join the Confederacy. When they called his name during the roll call, there was no answer for him, so they reported his vote as a “No.” Their vote was to join the Confederacy and they then voted to remove him from his position as Governor.
Sam Houston had traveled several times to New York, Pennsylvania, and other states in the northeast, he knew that the North had a lot more soldiers, equipment, ammunition, etc., and he had warned his fellow Texans that a war against the Union would be a blood bath, and many, many would die. He even made an impassisoned speech against succeeding under an oak tree in the front yard of the Addison-Gandy House.