Robertson Home
N 30° 56.495 W 097° 32.543
14R E 639244 N 3424038
Second of two historical markers at this site that share the same pole, this marker preserves the history of the Sterling Robertson Home and plantation
Waymark Code: WMW5C5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2017
Views: 5
This marker plate is one of two on the same pole in front of the Sterling Robertson home just south of Salado Creek, west of I-35 on the grounds of the Robertson Plantation.
Marker Number: 4305
Marker Text:
Built by Col. E.S.C. Robertson and wife, Mary Elizabeth (Dickey).
Rare ante-bellum plantation complex, comprising home, servants quarters, land, family cemetery, stables. Still a working ranch.
The house, occupied by fifth generation of Robertsons, is an example of Classical Revival style. Shows Palladian influence in its recessed porches and gallery rooms forming terminal pavilions balancing a central gabled portico.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967
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