Only Conch Shell Wall in the U.S. - Port Arthur, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 29° 53.739 W 093° 54.742
15R E 411910 N 3307572
This 1929 wall made of imported conch shells is reportedly the only one outside of the Caribbean.
Waymark Code: WMRXM4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/18/2016
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Roadside America
Built by Dionicio Rodrigue as the entrance to the Eddingston Court apartment complex. Interesting looking wall.
Rediscovering SE Texas
In 1929 Port Arthur was short of rental properties due in part to the expanding oil industry. Tugboat captain and businessman Ambrose Eddingston saw an opportunity and commissioned the construction of some apartments.
The captain had 6,000 Conch shells imported from the Caymen Islands, and these went into the construction of a wall at the front of the property. Ambrose Eddingston commissioned Dionicio Rodriguez, a Mexican-born sculpture who was living in San Antonio at the time, to construct the fence and the pond.