view gallery SW32.3 km
|  Site of the Town of Lamar
in Texas Historical Markers Early History of the town of Lamar posted by: 8Nuts MotherGoose location: Texas date listed: 4/27/2007 last visited: never |
view gallery NE33 km
|  Civil War Bombardment of Port Lavaca.
in Texas Historical Markers The story of the navel shelling of Port Lavaca during the Civil War. posted by: 8Nuts MotherGoose location: Texas date listed: 4/27/2007 last visited: never |
view gallery NE33 km
|  Alsatian Immigration Through Lavaca Bay
in Texas Historical Markers The Story of German immigration through Port Lavaca. posted by: 8Nuts MotherGoose location: Texas date listed: 4/27/2007 last visited: never |
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|  Civil War Torpedo Works
in Texas Historical Markers The early history of experimental torpedos. posted by: 8Nuts MotherGoose location: Texas date listed: 4/27/2007 last visited: never |
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|  Port Lavaca
in Texas Historical Markers The history of Port Lavaca posted by: 8Nuts MotherGoose location: Texas date listed: 4/27/2007 last visited: never |
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|  Halfmoon Reef, TX
in Coastal Lighthouses This lighthouse now greets land travelers entering Port Lavaca from the east on highway 35. posted by: 8Nuts MotherGoose location: Texas date listed: 3/10/2007 last visited: 9/23/2007 |
view gallery SW36.4 km
|  Site of One of the Homes of James Power
in Texas Historical Markers Site of one of the homes of historic leader, James Power. posted by: 8Nuts MotherGoose location: Texas date listed: 4/27/2007 last visited: never |
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|  Buckskinn92 = N28 25.737
in Where's In A Name? Thanks to 8Nuts MotherGoose for doing this great waymark for me. Gulf Intercoastal Waterway near Port O'Conner, TX posted by: Buckskinn92 location: Texas date listed: 3/30/2007 last visited: 2/22/2007 |
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|  Refugio County Courthouse - Refugio, TX
in Courthouses Refugio County Courthouse is located at 808 Commerce Street in the city of Refugio, Texas.
posted by: WTT-B2 location: Texas date listed: 12/18/2009 last visited: 12/13/2009 |
view gallery W45.1 km
|  Urrea Oaks
in Texas Historical Markers A Historical Marker along Highway 77 south of Refugio, Tx. posted by: WTT-B2 location: Texas date listed: 12/18/2009 last visited: 12/13/2009 |
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|  Urrea Oaks - Refugio, TX
in Historic Trees Live Oaks which provided a shady area for the forces of General Urrea during the Texas Revolution in 1836 posted by: WTT-B2 location: Texas date listed: 12/22/2009 last visited: 12/14/2009 |
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|  Hull House - Victoria, Texas
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Successful local architect James Hull designed this modest home for his family in 1905. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/29/2007 last visited: never |
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|  Diebel-Hyak House - Victoria, Texas
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places A Folk Victorian built in 1900, with an intricate carving on the attic above the main entrance. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/29/2007 last visited: never |
view gallery N47.3 km
|  Farmers and Merchants Cotton Gin Warehouse - Victoria, Texas
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The railroad came to Victoria in 1882. Many industries and warehouses, such as this one built in 1905, were located along the Southern Pacific railroad tracks. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/29/2007 last visited: never |
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|  Victoria Colored School - Victoria, Texas
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The Victoria Independent School District, formed in 1898, choose a design by Jules Leffland for the district’s second high school, one for the 'colored folks.' posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/29/2007 last visited: never |
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|  Alonso, Frank, House - Victoria, Texas
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Frank Alonso, a Spanish immigrant, hired architect Charles E. Praeger to design this Neoclassical home embellished with Victorian detail in 1908. Alonso raised horses on a Hidalgo County Ranch, shipping the horses to Spain and Cuba. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/29/2007 last visited: never |
view gallery N47.3 km
|  Palestine Missionary Baptist Church
in Texas Historical Markers Twenty-one freedmen organized this church in 1868. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 5/3/2007 last visited: never |
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|  Williams, B.F., House - Victoria, Texas
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Lumberman and politician Benjamin F. Williams hired architect Jules Leffland to design this Classical Revival mansion, complete with a widow’s walk from which the Guadalupe River can be seen. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/29/2007 last visited: never |
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|  Thurmond Building
in Texas Historical Markers C.L. Thurmond, Jr. operated a mercantile store in this unusual building ornamented with pressed tin. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 5/3/2007 last visited: never |
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|  Regan, D.H., House - Victoria, Texas
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places When architect Jules Leffland first arrived in Texas, most of his work consisted of reconstructing homes dismantled in Indianola and reconstructing them further inland. This was one such project of his. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/29/2007 last visited: never |
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|  House at 407 East Convent - Victoria, Texas
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Hidden behind all the greenery is a 1909 Victorian gem, but seeing it is like trying to find a camouflaged microcache in the woods. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/29/2007 last visited: never |
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|  Webster Chapel United Methodist Church - Victoria, Texas
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Webster Church was founded by newly freed slaves shortly after the Civil War. The original church was built in 1889, but had been significantly altered in 1951. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/29/2007 last visited: never |
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|  Webster Chapel United Methodist Church
in Texas Historical Markers Webster Church was founded by newly freed slaves shortly after the Civil War. The original church was built in 1889, but had been significantly altered in 1951. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 5/3/2007 last visited: never |
view gallery N47.5 km
|  Kaufman, E.C., House - Victoria, Texas
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places A very imposing Neoclassical Revival home designed in 1912 by Hull & Praeger for cattleman E.C. Kaufman. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/29/2007 last visited: never |
view gallery N47.6 km
|  Hiller House - Victoria, Texas
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Most of the working-class Greek Revival homes in Victoria lack the attached, temple-like entablature over the porch that are common in East Texas. This house is one of the few built with an entablature. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/29/2007 last visited: never |
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