1923 Point Isabel Coast Guard Building
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PeterNoG
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This Texas Historical Marker is on the west side of the 1923 Point Isabel Coast Guard Building on Wallace L Reed Road about 500 feet southwest of State Park Road 100 (Padre Road) on South Padre Island, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMJZZG
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2014
Views: 3
Marker Title: 1923 Point Isabel Coast Guard Building
Index Entry: Point Isabel Coast Guard Building
Address:
City: Port Isabel
County: Cameron
Subject Codes: water topics; military topics
Year Marker Erected: 1988
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Location: Isla Blanca Park at Wallace Reed Road, S. Padre Island.
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 32
Marker Text:
The Federal Government has operated a coastal installation at Point Isabel since 1852. This structure is the third permanent building erected here, one of a line of nine stations established along the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to the Texas-Mexico border. Originally consisting of a main floor, attic, and lookout tower, all elevated off the ground on wood and concrete pilings, the structure served as barracks and headquarters for the U.S. Coast Guard unit that patrolled the coastline and conducted sea rescues.
(1988)
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