Old Ringgold Barracks Hospital
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PeterNoG
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This Texas Historical Marker is on Ringgold Avenue, 450 feet south of Hwy 83 in the former Fort Ringgold in Rio Grande City, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMJZ38
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2014
Views: 4
Marker Title: Old Ringgold Barracks Hospital
Index Entry: Ringgold Barracks Hospital, Old
Address: US 83 at Fort Ringgold
City: Rio Grande City
County: Starr
Subject Codes: buildings; forts; hospitals; military issues
Year Marker Erected: 1965
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Location: Highway 83, Fort Ringgold, Rio Grande City.
Marker Size: Medallion & Plate
Marker Number: 3794
Marker Text:
Architecture Moorish; wide surrounding porches ornamented with 15' arches. Built according to plans of Surgeon General.
First occupied Nov. 25, 1870, and used for 75 years until post was inactivated in 1944.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965
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