L. E. Snavely House
Posted by: 
PeterNoG
N 26° 12.677 W 097° 44.035
14R E 626485 N 2899699
This Texas Historical Marker is on the south side of FM 2994 at Hand Road about 0.8 miles west of US 77 (I-69E) in northwest Harlingen, Texas. The actual house is set back from the road about 500 feet so it is barely visible.
Waymark Code: WMJRNP
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/25/2013
Views: 6
It looks like there used to be a medallion on the post but now there is only the 16" x 12" Plate.
Marker Title: L. E. Snavely House
Index Entry: Snavely, L. E., House
Address:
City: Harlingen
County: Cameron
Subject Codes: agriculture, general; houses, residential buildings; design and construction
Year Marker Erected: 1986
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Location: From intersection of US 77 and FM 2994, Wilson Road, in Harlingen, take FM 2994, west about .7 mile to Harlingen city limit.
Marker Size: 16" x 12" Plate & Medallion
Marker Number: 2981
Marker Text:
This land was a dense chaparral of mesquite and ebony trees when it was bought by Levi Elmer (1869-1939) and Lenna Edmondson (1872-1938) Snavely in 1919. They had moved to Harlingen from Oklahoma in 1909 to grow citrus and market the fruit under the label "La Bonita." In 1928, architect Birger A. Elwing designed for them this picturesque, Norman Style house, which they called La Bonita. The hollow-tile structure is faced with brick and accented with occasional rough boulders.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1986
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